I’d recommend DataGalaxy because it’s the tool that won over the business users. It would be almost impossible to get business users to commit to deploying governance within the group, and we need their buy-in for our projects. Clearly, DataGalaxy is a vehicle for getting that buy-in.
Overview
A major player in the fashion, automotive, and furniture markets, Lectra offers industrial intelligence solutions that facilitate the digital transformation of companies through its software, equipment, data, and services.Project background
After 50 years of data collection, the challenge for Lectra was to create more value from the data they manage every day, both for themselves and for their customers. They needed to manage their vast data assets, and having an up-to-date, well-documented inventory of their data was key. Lectra therefore decided to equip themselves with a data catalog.
Lectra drew up its three-year strategic which included the deployment of data governance and a data catalog to achieve this. Lectra’s strategy was designed to cover a wide perimeter of data related to:
- Their product offering
- Strategic challenge of CSR
- Project opportunities as part of the overhaul of their back office (ERP)
- Regulatory requirements (RGPD)
Lectra’s business teams grew especially fond of DataGalaxy, and we were able to match their global vision of collaboration among IT, technical, and business teams.
The Data Knowledge Catalog implementation process
Lectra opted for an incremental deployment based on an opportunistic approach according to the subjects they prioritized within their data governance framework by executive-level stakeholders. In this way, Lectra’s teams are gradually populating DataGalaxy: Their first step was to set up a data governance system with a data steward overseeing exchanges with the various data owners and technical teams in the different departments, according to the priorities defined by the governance committee.
To ensure DataGalaxy was adopted by Lectra’s business teams, a three-year plan was defined and communicated to all managers. This provided the necessary sponsorship for teams to feel involved.
- An initial use case with one business team enabled them to highlight the benefits of DataGalaxy
- Feedback was then shared with the other teams to highlight these benefits
- This gradual roll-out enabled Lectra to concentrate on providing a smaller number of users with more support as they got started
Lectra’s deployment plan was also supported by :
- Sponsorship at the highest level of the organization to ensure data governance deployment aligned with corporate strategy and priorities
- Involvement of business user representatives as early as possible to avoid making choices that are deemed too technical
- Identifying the right data stewards with both interpersonal and technical qualities to communicate among the business, technical, and management levels
- An iterative, incremental approach that was aligned with the company’s priorities
- Support from partners with in-depth knowledge of the tool and data governance deployment
The benefits of DataGalaxy according to Lectra
- Unanimous approval from business teams: Other tools Lectra evaluated were deemed too technical and not intuitive for users
- The quality of the relationship with DataGalaxy and our partners: Our teams are attentive to objectives and provide solutions to help projects move forward
Technology stack
DataBricks
Azure Data Lake
Power BI
Snowflake
Salesforce