Since implementing the dashboard, the operations GM has enjoyed an 80% improvement in time to insight, from 30 minutes to 5 minutes, which allows much speedier problem resolution and increased opportunities for spotting ways to improve operations.
Phase 2: Data governance at scale
Once the Department of Aviation executive team saw the value of the dashboard, the IT team began planning phase two, which will incorporate data governance and data cleansing as well as analytics for departments besides operations, including finance, technology, commercial, administration, and infrastructure, Pruitt says.
As part of its plan, the IT team conducted a wide-ranging data assessment to determine who has access to what data, and each data source’s encryption needs. “There are a lot of variables that determine what should go into the data lake and what will probably stay on premise,” Pruitt says.
