Project Planning & Deployment Flashcards

A CDO's roadmap must balance foundational work, such as data quality and architecture, against visible business use cases. Which prioritization approach fits best?

Answer: Pair each foundational investment with a use case that needs and justifies it

Tying foundational capabilities to concrete use cases shows value early while building reusable infrastructure.

Which estimation technique uses expert opinions gathered anonymously over several rounds until they converge on a forecast?

Answer: Delphi technique

The Delphi technique collects anonymous expert estimates over iterative rounds to reach consensus without groupthink.

During user acceptance testing for a new data mart, who should formally confirm that the solution meets business requirements?

Answer: Business users and the business owner

UAT is done and signed off by business users, who confirm that the solution supports real business processes.

A data modernization program finds that a regulatory reporting deadline cannot move. Which project constraint is fixed?

Answer: Time

An immovable regulatory deadline fixes the time constraint, so scope or resources must flex instead.

Which governance body usually approves major scope, budget, and priority changes for an enterprise data program?

Answer: Program steering committee

A steering committee of senior sponsors provides strategic oversight and approves major program changes.

After a data platform deployment, which metric best shows whether the investment is delivering business value?

Answer: Adoption and business KPIs tied to the original benefits case

Benefits realization ties adoption and business outcomes back to the value promised in the business case.

A team wants to deploy new pipeline code to production but turn on the new logic only for some business units later. Which technique supports this?

Answer: Feature flags

Feature flags separate deployment from release, so functionality can be switched on selectively at runtime.