Summary

Remediation has always been one of the most challenging parts of a data quality initiative. It can be incredibly difficult to get sufficient resources to make meaningful changes to data quality scores in a reasonably short period of time. This chapter has outlined how to ensure that the resources allocated are working on what the organization believes are the key priorities and that the approach taken is the most effective possible.

This chapter has outlined how to show stakeholders the progress being made and how to tie progress to the benefits that were agreed upon in the business case chapter.

With successful remediation, you will be asked to continue your data quality initiative into previously unsupportive business areas and deliver even more benefits.

To sustain business benefits, it is critical to make permanent changes to the way the organization manages its data and to embed further data quality improvement into the fabric of its business processes. The next...