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Big Data Strategy Roadmap for Decision Makers

Program Overview

Many organisations have invested in data platforms without a clear view of the value they should deliver. Designed for senior leaders, this programme explains how to set a big data strategy that starts with business outcomes: identifying and prioritising high-value use cases, assessing data and technology readiness, choosing architecture and sourcing options such as cloud and data sovereignty, defining the operating model and skills, managing risk and ethics, and sequencing initiatives into a funded roadmap with value tracking.

Learning Outcomes

✓Link organisational strategy to a prioritised portfolio of big data and analytics use cases.
✓Assess current data, technology, skills and governance readiness against strategic ambitions.
✓Compare architecture and sourcing options, including cloud and data residency considerations.
✓Define an operating model for data and analytics with roles, funding and accountability.
✓Build a phased roadmap with quick wins, enabling projects and value measures.

Target Audience

Executives and senior decision makers
Chief data, digital and information officers
Strategy and transformation directors
Business unit heads sponsoring data initiatives

Detailed Program Modules

01Big Data and Strategic Value

What big data changes for organisations
Value levers in government and business
Lessons from failed data programmes

02Use Case Identification and Prioritisation

Generating use cases with business units
Value and feasibility scoring
Building a use case portfolio

03Readiness Assessment

Data availability and quality
Technology and platform capability
Skills, culture and governance

04Architecture and Sourcing Choices

Data lakes, warehouses and lakehouses
Cloud, on-premises and hybrid options
Data residency and sovereignty

05Operating Model and Risk

Centralised, federated and hub-and-spoke models
Talent and partnerships
Privacy, ethics and cybersecurity risks

06Roadmap and Value Realisation

Sequencing initiatives and dependencies
Funding and business cases
Value tracking and course correction

Training Methodology

Interactive expert-led sessions grounded in workplace examples

Case studies and practical exercises drawn from the region

Group workshops with peer review of decisions and deliverables

Formative feedback against clear performance criteria

Applied Project & Assessment

Applied Project

Participants draft a big data strategy roadmap for their organisation: strategic objectives, prioritised use case portfolio, readiness gaps, architecture and operating model choices, and a three-year roadmap with value indicators.

Assessment

Short diagnostic at the start, practical tasks linked to each learning outcome, and evaluation of the applied project against published criteria.

University Certificate & International Accreditation

Professional Certificate accredited by University of Malaya in Big Data Strategy Roadmap for Decision Makers

International accreditation: American Association of Innovation (AAI)