Stage 1: Planning Your Big Data Project

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Step 1: Do Your Homework Before Undertaking a Big Data Project

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Step 2: Build a Coalition to Support Your Big Data Project

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Step 3: Define the Broader Opportunity Your Big Data Project Presents

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Step 4: Start with the Lowest-Hanging Fruit

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Step 5: Ensure Strategic Alignment of the Big Data Project

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Step 6: Become a Privacy and Security Advocate

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Step 7: Use Taskforces to Implement Your Big Data Project

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Step 8: Outline Expected Resistance and Plan for It

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Step 9: Develop Key Performance Indicators for Your Big Data Project

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Step 10: Design a Risk Mitigation Plan

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Stage 2: Executing Your Big Data Project

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Step 11: Constantly Gauge the Pulse of Your Big Data Initiative

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Step 12: Communicate, Communicate, Communicate

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Step 13: Manage Scope Creep in Your Big Data Project

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Step 14: Stay Focused on the Data, Not the Technologies

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Step 15: If Necessary, Pull the Plug on Your Big Data Project

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Stage 3: Post-Implementation of Your Big Data Project

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Step 16: Conduct a Postmortem and Impact Analysis on Your Big Data Project

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Step 17: Identify Your Next Big Data Project

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