data

security.

whether all data can be managed through such relationships at appropriately low cost.

good business relationships between the client as provider of data and the contracted IT company.

rights

to the commercial benefits likely to flow from collaborations between the client as provider of data and the contracted IT company.

narrowing the focus of the project on the challenge to be solved.

capacity to invest into high-level analytics solutions.

ability to facilitate

communication between business leaders and data experts.

aligning data

efforts and projects with strategy right from the start.

disciplined

thinking in terms of problem awareness, solution implementation, and expected impact.

ability to disregard the obstacles set by organizational culture.

separating business strategy and leadership strictly from operative processes and customer-facing employees.

higher investments into information technology.

improved processes.

improved

risk management.

improved competitive position.

improved

human capabilities.

"informationalization",

or building data into products and services.

the need to employ better educated analysts.

new

and improved products, stemming from better customer and market data.