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

Answer

Hub-and-spoke combines central expertise and standards with embedded domain knowledge in each business unit.

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

Increase in self-service analytics adoption rates across business units

Answer

Rising self-service adoption shows that employees have gained confidence and skills to use data independently, reflecting cultural change.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Continuous, audience-tailored, and tied to milestone updates

Answer

Effective change communications are continuous, tailored to each audience's concerns, and updated at each project milestone.

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

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

Answer

Faster data product delivery through domain ownership directly ties data mesh to business agility, the metric executives care most about.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

Lack of sustained sponsorship and embedded accountability post-launch

Answer

Post-launch momentum requires sustained executive sponsorship and accountability structures to maintain focus and resources.

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