Data Capabilities Maturity

Is someone accountable for championing data initiatives, and how much are they actually moving the needle?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

How quickly can your organization act on data model changes, and do those changes trace back to documented business requirements?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Does your organization use data transformation tools (ETL/ELT, MDM) to move and shape data across systems, and are they actually driving value?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Do you have a regular cadence for sharing data-related progress and activities with your data community?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Are your community needs, use case portfolio, business glossary, data dictionary, and solutions managed in a single tool that people actually use?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Are your business terms mapped to the actual columns and tables in your databases, and documented in a shared repository?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Is someone accountable full-time for systematically improving data quality, and are they making measurable progress?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Is someone accountable full-time for documenting how data in your systems maps to business terms, and are they making an impact?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

How effectively is your data team engaging the business to capture and maintain key terms and metrics, and is it an ongoing activity?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Are your business terms and metrics clearly documented, aligned across departments, and shared in a knowledge repository?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Is your centralized data store (warehouse, mart, or lake) widely trusted and treated as the single source of truth?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Are you actively defining what data values should look like for each key term, and profiling what actually exists in your systems today?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Do you have real-time data quality scorecards, do people look at them, and do they trust what they see?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Is someone in your organization accountable for designing the data model and aligning it to your business solutions?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

How active and engaged is your data community, and are they meaningfully moving the business forward?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Are data projects driving measurable financial benefit? Are they sponsored and prioritized as a stack-ranked portfolio of opportunities?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Is there a team responsible for delivering reporting to the business, and are they driving better decisions?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Are your internal and external dashboards actively used to drive decisions, or are they largely ignored?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

What is the measurable financial impact of your data program: increased revenue, reduced costs, or eliminated redundant technology spend?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

How quickly can your reporting team respond to new requests and keep dashboards current?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Are advanced analytics (predictive models, recommendation engines) actively embedded in day-to-day business decisions?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Is the person responsible for building new data products having a meaningful impact on the business?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.

Is there a clear, repeatable process for scoping, prototyping, and building new data products?

Not Started No activity yet. Data isn't a priority and no one is accountable for it. Opportunity There's awareness that data could be better, but no commitment or budget behind it yet. Acceptance Leadership agrees there's a problem. Conversations are happening, but nothing has been funded or built. Investment Budget is approved and something is being built. You're in motion, but halfway is where most programs stall. Deployed Capabilities are live. But deployment is not adoption. Empty governance meetings and shelfware are real. Adopted People are actively using what was built. The data community is growing and progress is visible. Transformation Data is driving decisions and measurable outcomes. The function is embedded in how the business operates.