Data maturity assessment
An assessment of your data capabilities, benchmarked against comparable companies and prioritised against your business goals.
A maturity scorecard and a ranked gap list
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Data strategy & consulting.
We assess your data, tools and reporting, then build a costed plan for improvement. You get clear priorities, platform recommendations and a business case for the investment.
Example
The maturity ladder.
We assess your team, processes and technology separately. These levels describe how data is managed and used.
Artefact
Example
- Ad hoc
- No data owner — Decisions on instinct — Spreadsheets and exports
- Defined
- A reporting owner · Documented but inconsistent processes · Separate tools
- Managed
- A small analytics function — Shared measures, agreed definitions — Working pipelines, one source of truth
- Optimised
- Data informs strategy · Regular quality checks · Managed self-service access
Level · People · Process · Technology
What we do
How we can help
Technology & platform advisory
Independent advice on technology that fits your requirements, team and budget.
Platform recommendations with costs and trade-offs
ROI & business case development
Costs, expected returns and assumptions based on your data, ready for review by finance and leadership.
A costed business case
Analytics operating model
Responsibilities for data ownership, reporting requests and quality checks, with a plan for the skills your team needs.
An operating model and a 12-month roadmap
How it runs
How the project works
- 01
Discovery
Two weeks. Interviews across the business, a systems inventory.
- 02
Assessment
Scored against the maturity ladder, with a ranked gap list.
The maturity scorecard
- 03
Roadmap
A prioritised plan with estimated costs and dependencies.
- 04
Business case
Expected benefits, costs and assumptions for review by finance and leadership.
The business case
- 05
Handover or build
Hand it to your team, or we build the first phase with you.
Working with us
Project scope and timing
- Assessment
- Fixed scope, two to three weeks
- Roadmap & business case
- A defined engagement, built on the assessment
- Build phase
- Month to month, three-month minimum
- Prices
- Quoted after the initial call
Fit
Who this suits.
This works when
- You have data spread across tools and need a plan to bring it together
- You need to assess the cost and value of an analytics investment
- You want independent platform advice
Before you start
- Platform recommendations follow an assessment of your needs.
- Implementation is scoped and priced separately from the strategy work.
FAQ
Questions we get asked.
Two to three weeks from kickoff to the scored ladder and gap list, depending on how many systems and stakeholders are in scope.
No. We assess whether a warehouse would help and what it would need to support.
Yes, if they meet your needs. We receive no referral or reseller fees.
Costed options, expected returns and the assumptions behind the estimates.
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Services
Other ways we can help
Let's talk about your data strategy.
Book a call to discuss your current data setup and where you need it to improve.