CDO CDO Organizational Leadership & Change Management 3

Question 1

A CDO is evaluating whether to build a centralized data team or adopt a hub-and-spoke model. The hub-and-spoke model PRIMARILY offers:

Accepted Answer

Shared expertise centrally with domain specialists distributed in business units

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Lowest cost structure

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Complete independence of each business unit's data team

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Elimination of data governance overhead

Question 2

Which metric BEST demonstrates that a CDO's organizational change efforts are succeeding?

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Increase in self-service analytics adoption rates across business units

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Number of new data tools purchased

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Reduction in IT helpdesk tickets

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Number of data governance documents created

Question 3

A CDO's change management plan should include a communication strategy that is PRIMARILY:

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Continuous, audience-tailored, and tied to milestone updates

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Sent once at project launch and archived

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Technical and limited to the IT audience

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Delegated entirely to HR to manage

Question 4

When building a business case for a data mesh architecture, a CDO should PRIMARILY highlight which benefit to gain executive approval?

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Faster data product delivery by enabling domain teams to own their data

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Reduced number of cloud vendors

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Elimination of all legacy systems in year one

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Compliance with GDPR as the primary driver

Question 5

A CDO notices that data initiatives consistently lose momentum after the initial launch phase. The ROOT CAUSE is most likely:

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Lack of sustained sponsorship and embedded accountability post-launch

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Insufficient data storage capacity

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Too many data tools in use

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Poor API documentation

Question 6

Which leadership behavior by a CDO MOST effectively builds trust with business unit leaders?

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Demonstrating consistent follow-through on commitments and sharing business-relevant data wins

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Prioritizing technical data quality metrics above all else

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Restricting access to raw data to maintain control

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Requiring all data requests to go through a formal governance committee first