首席数据与分析官的三大战略重点

Leadership Vision for 2025 Top 3 Prioritiesfor Chief Dataand AnalyticsOfficers Introduction About 75% of chief executives identify AI as the technology poisedto impact their industry most significantly over the next three years,and AI investment is supported by executive leadership. Key questions addressed Despite the rivalry for “who owns AI” among C-Level leaders,the chief data and analytics officer (CDAO) and the data and analytics(D&A) function are central, as organizations with an AI-ready D&Afoundation see a 20% improvement in AI-related business outcomes. What are themajor trendsaffecting CDAOs? To establish themselves as key partners and AI influencers inthe business, CDAOs should: What are the topchallenges and prioritiesfor CDAOs in the year ahead? •Create value by aligning D&A and AI initiatives to strategic businesspriorities•Build and scale data, analytics and AI foundations to realize value•Elevate leadership influence Whatactionsdo CDAOs and their teamsneed to take to succeed? Use this research to understand the major trends and opportunities affectingthe D&A function in 2025, and the actions CDAOs should prioritize. 3 Trends Defining the Data Analytics Landscape in 2025 CDAOs are pivotal to AI success.Ballooning investment in AIrepresents a significant opportunityfor CDAOs. Organizations with AI-readydata report a 20% improvement inbusiness outcomes. Pressure to demonstrate valuehas never been more acute, but acritical gap remains in terms of howCDAOs are able to communicate thebusiness value of their investmentsand performance. New organizational and leadershipcomplexitiespresent real challengesto navigate silos and improvecollaboration between IT and businessteams. CDAOs are increasingly in themix as central owners of initiativesthat transcend functions and teams. 2025 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey Priorities for Value Realizationin 2025 01 Understand the data,analytics and AIfoundations for AI success Eliminate functionalsilos across businessand IT teams Build the case forbudget and funding Compounding the urgency to create and delivervalue for CDAOs is an expanded job scope at a timeof tight budgets and relative newness of their role.They often struggle to navigate silos and improvecollaboration between IT and business teams. Executive leaders often struggle to understand howD&A contributes to business outcomes as part ofan AI-driven and data-centric business strategy. CDAOs struggle to communicate businessvalue to peers to justify investment in key D&Aenablers of AI and other data-centric initiatives. This is a major factor in CDAOs failing to getthe funding they need. Lack of trust and confidencedue to ineffective or inadequate business-aligneddata, analytics and AI governance, and dataconcerns are the most cited challenges relatedto GenAI implementation. Prevailing funding models and an emphasison simple return on investment alone — ratherthan a broader range of measurable businessoutcomes — can limit the ability to supportinnovation and agility, adding to the challenge. The role of the CDAO is often new to anorganization and not well-established orunderstood yet. Half of CDAOs are the first withintheir organizations. Many face make-or-breakmoments in their career as they must both generatevalue and effectively communicate their impact. CDAOs and other D&A leaders must consistentlydemonstrate enough quantifiable business valuein the face of ongoing strategic, technological,organizational and people challenges. Gartner predicts that by 2027, 70% of GenAIprojects will be abandoned after proof of conceptdue to poor data quality, inadequate risk controls,escalating costs or unclear business value. Create and Communicate Value by Aligning D&Aand AI Initiatives to Strategic Business Priorities ACTIONS Build and Scale Data, Analytics and AI Foundationsto Realize Value ACTIONS The journey from order taker to powerful partner Successful executive leaders arevisionary, empathetic and powerful Build deep knowledgeof the levers ofsuccess and the problems facing yourorganization and the people in it. Identify and engagewith a collaborationpartner. Build a fusion teamto focus on one keychallenge collaboratively, setting up atest-and-learn pilot. Elevate Leadership and Influence Through CollaborationACTIONS Gartner PrioritiesNavigator™for CDAOs Questions clients are asking Gartner By 2027, 75% of CDAOs who have notestablished themselves as an indispensablestrategic collaborator in their organization’sAI success will lose their C-Level position. Become an Effective Executive Leader Source: Gartner •How do I organize D&A and AI teams? The Gartner Priorities Navigator™represents mission-criticalareas where Gartner provides supportive expert advice andtools to CDAOs and their teams. This eBook aligns with the priority:Become an EffectiveExecutive Leader. Visit the Gartner for Data & Analytics page to learn more abouthow Gartner supports all t