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Chief data officer lays out multi‑step plan for dashboards, warns sustained funding and governance needed
Summary
Kim Wise, the state chief data officer, told the task force that dashboards can improve oversight but only if agencies adopt data governance, consistent metrics and funding; Wise recommended a phased approach, data stewardship and agency ownership before public dashboards are built.
Kim Wise, chief data officer for the state of North Dakota, told the task force that dashboards are a tool in a broader performance‑management process and listed eight steps leaders must follow: define program goals, identify key questions, select measurable KPIs, document measurement methods, build technical pipelines, create dashboards, analyze trends and communicate results to stakeholders.
"Performance measurement gives us a clear data driven picture of how well programs are working," Wise said, adding that dashboards are only valuable when data are accurate, complete and governed. She warned that…
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