Maximize the value of your data by achieving the right level of data maturity
The right level of data maturity is arguably an organization’s most powerful asset. We use our proprietary DM-Evolution approach to assess your current level of data maturity and then leverage data use cases to determine the right level of data maturity to meet your organization’s data needs. This approach guides you from where you are to where you should be, with an actionable roadmap detailing how to get there.
Why is data management maturity important?
To effectively leverage data as a strategic asset, organizations require a blend of several components. These include a mix of resource skills capacity, unified processes, and broad, interrelated data management knowledge areas (KAs).
Data management knowledge areas
- Data Governance
- Data Security
- Metadata
- Data Storage & Operations
- Data Quality
- Document & Content Management
- Data Architecture
- Data Warehousing & Business Intelligence
- Data Integration & Interoperability
- Reference & Master Data
- Data Modelling & Design
DM-Evolution: Data Management Maturity Assessment & Enhancement
Optimus SBR uses DM-Evolution to provide organizations with insight into their current and future state maturity levels across the eleven Knowledge Areas. KAs are the distinctive fields of expertise necessary to manage your data successfully. These involve a range of procedures and methodologies designed to maintain data integrity, accessibility, reliability, and relevance. The ultimate goal is to ensure that your data serves as a valuable and efficient resource for your business objectives.
Having a better understanding of your organization’s maturity across these KAs empowers your organization to treat data as a strategic asset. The assessment results are a great starting point for organizations looking to develop a value-driven framework to enhance their data capabilities.
Data maturity journey: determining where you are, where you need to be, and how to get there.
Where are you? Data management maturity assessment
Our data management maturity assessment framework determines your organization’s current capabilities in terms of data maturity. With DM-Evolution, we employ industry standard frameworks such as the Data Management Association Maturity Model (DAMA) and the Data Management Capability Assessment Model (DCAM). Following this comprehensive analysis, next steps involve data use case identification and strategic roadmap development. Our team provides the tools and insights needed to implement recommended improvements that will ensure a tailored strategy that enhances your data management practices.
Where should you be? Data use case approach
“Where should we be?” is the question that small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often struggle to answer. We use our exclusive DM-Evolution methodology to help you determine the “right” level of data maturity – the level that meets the data requirements of your distinctive business. This process starts with the end in mind… “how should our data be leveraged as a strategic asset to maximize its value?”
Data use case approach improves your organization’s ability to use data.
DM-Evolution’s data use case approach is a proven strategy designed to improve the way your organization manages data. By identifying well-defined data use cases, your data management investments will align with your business goals and objectives. Our use case process actively involves senior leaders to facilitate organizational clarity and buy-in to support the implementation of the governance, people, process, and technology capabilities required to capture, store, and use data effectively.
When use cases are driven by business needs, such as increasing customer/client satisfaction, integrating multiple systems for comprehensive analytics, or ensuring data meets quality requirements, the organization can ensure its data-related investments focus on enhancing the specific data knowledge areas required to achieve maximum value.
The DM-Evolution assessment’s key findings will produce a comparison of your current vs. target state data management capabilities in a DM-Evolution Report.
DM-Evolution Report
How do you get there? Data Maturity Assessment roadmap
Once your current state Data Management Maturity has been assessed and you’ve completed the use case selection process, you’ll know where you are and where you want to be. But how do you get there? The DM-Evolution approach leverages your use case selection to craft a strategic roadmap tailored to meet your unique business objectives. This actionable implementation roadmap will take you from your current state data capabilities to your desired state. Achieve your goals, empower your organization, and enhance your business value with our custom-designed DM-Evolution roadmap.
