Measuring success
As you reflect upon the data management maturity assessment, you should consider how you measure the success of your assessment. Some considerations include the following:
- Did all of your stakeholders participate?
- Did you achieve buy-in of the results?
- How many questions did you receive from the executive team?
- Was the board interested in your progress?
- Have scores improved over time? By how much?
You may also consider the amount of time it takes to conduct the assessment year over year to determine if your team is becoming more efficient at conducting the assessment and/or if the stakeholders are more engaged in the process (be careful in how you set up duration metrics to account for these two).
At the end of the assessment, what matters is how your company uses the information. If the assessment is conducted and then lands on the preverbal shelf until next time, it’s likely a paper exercise and not one of value. Consider...
