Business & Data Strategy
Alignment between data capability and business objectives.
SDM Decision Product
Know what your data is costing you before you invest in fixing it.
SDM's Data Value & Architecture Assessment gives leadership a clear view of the current environment, economic opportunity, risks, target architecture and transformation roadmap.
Make the next data investment a better decision.
Disconnected systems, Excel reporting, manual reconciliation and conflicting KPIs make it difficult to know what to fix first. The assessment connects the business problem to its economic impact, then establishes a practical sequence of action.
What SDM investigates
Data & Information
Critical data, ownership, accessibility and structure.
Architecture & Technology
Systems, integrations, platforms and constraints.
Data Quality
Completeness, accuracy, consistency, timeliness and validity.
Governance
Ownership, policies, security, lineage and accountability.
Analytics & BI
Reporting, semantic models, KPIs and decision support.
People & Operating Model
Skills, responsibilities, processes and operating capability.
A decision framework for what to do next.
01 — Executive findings
Clear conclusions for leadership.
02 — Value analysis
Economic opportunity, cost and risk drivers.
03 — Maturity scorecard
Evidence-based diagnostic across seven dimensions.
04 — Current-state architecture
Data landscape, systems and dependencies.
05 — Risk and gap analysis
Architecture, governance and capability gaps.
06 — Target architecture
A proportionate future-state design.
07 — Prioritized initiatives
Sequenced work tied to business value.
08 — Business case
Investment context for the recommended change.
09 — 90-day & 12-month roadmap
Practical next steps and executive readout.
From opportunity hypothesis to action.
01
Executive discovery
30–45 minutes to understand priorities and constraints.
02
Evidence gathering
Review stakeholders, systems, data and operating practices.
03
Assessment and business case
Quantify opportunity and design the practical target state.
04
Executive readout
Agree priorities, roadmap and the right next step.
Start with clarity, not a technology shopping list.
The first conversation is about business priorities, operational bottlenecks, reporting challenges, economic impact and the desired future state.
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