Data Strategy and Engineering for AI Readiness Workshop
Data Strategy and Engineering for AI Readiness Workshop
This workshop is designed to help organizations accelerate their data-driven transformation by connecting modern data engineering practices to high-impact business outcomes. Participants will explore foundational concepts in data strategy, maturity, and architecture, then dive deep into practical approaches for integrating data sources, establishing a Center of Excellence, and aligning technical capabilities with business priorities, laying the foundation for AI readiness.
The session blends expert-led discussion, collaborative review of real business use cases, and hands-on exercises to map data and system landscapes, assess readiness, and prioritize initiatives. By the end of the workshop, attendees will have a clear path forward to build robust data platforms, improve data quality and governance, and create an actionable roadmap for delivering measurable value.
Pre-Workshop Prep Work
- Develop a prioritized list of use cases along with the desired business outcomes.
- Map out the data and systems landscape.
- Finalize and submit the confirmed list of workshop attendees.
Templates with examples will be provided to assist you in completing these tasks.
Format
Live, interactive session (in-person or virtual), 4 hours, with pre-workshop templates and post-workshop deliverables.
Workshop Agenda
- Introductions & Objectives (10 min)
- Welcome, logistics, introductions
- Agenda review, goals, and success measures
- Data Strategy (10 min)
- Comparative analysis: Data Fabric vs. Data Mesh
- Building blocks and processes for each approach
- Data Maturity (10 min)
- Brief self-assessment of data maturity
- Data Strategy & maturity alignment
- Establishing a Center of Excellence (10 min)
- Organization Structure
- Roles & Responsibilities
- Use Case Review & Validation (60 min)
- Use case descriptions, business objectives, challenges & value
- Data & system landscape: sources, integrations, quality & timeliness
- Data Capability Alignment for Business Impact (60 min)
- Business Process & Use Case Execution
- Data Quality, Integration & Granularity
- Foundational Platform & Tooling
- Validate Prioritization and Roadmap (30 min)
- Assign use case complexity based on data & system dependencies
- Review and revise data use prioritization based on value & complexity
- Wrap-Up and Next Steps (15 minutes)
- Summarize Key Findings
- Align on next steps
What is a Workshop?
A scheduled event with a WWT Subject Matter Expert where there is a detailed conversation with the customer for our experts to present an overview of specific topics, technologies, capabilities or market trends. We want attendees to provide the voice of the customer to share information on their organization.
Who Should Attend?
CEOs, CIOs, CDOs, data owners, line of business owners, IT Directors, Data Engineers/Architects, Business/Data Analysts and Technical Leads.
Center of Excellence Members: If the organization has or plans to establish a Center of Excellence, members should attend to understand roles, responsibilities, and organizational structure.
Post Workshop Deliverables
- Validated Data & Systems Landscape
- Use case Prioritization, Roadmap
- Challenges & Recommendations Summary
The post workshops deliverable will be created and delivered by World Wide Technology via a Power Point presentation remotely.