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Are there any tools to assess the Big Data Maturity Model?

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Yes, there are certain TOOLS to assess the Big Data Maturity Model. We have tools like:

  1. IBM's 'Big Data & Analytics Maturity Model'
  2. 'TDWI Big Data Maturity Model Assessment Tool'
  3. 'Knowledgent Big Data Maturity Assessment'
  4. 'Info-Tech Big Data Maturity Assessment Tool'
  5. 'CSC Big Data Maturity Tool'
  6. 'Radcliffe Big Data Maturity Model'
  7. 'Booz & Company's Model'
  8. 'Van Veenstra's Model'

These tools give benchmark based on surveys. The survey contains around 50 questions across the various aspects of an organization. These aspects are:

  1. Business Strategy
  2. Information
  3. Analytics
  4. Organizational Culture and Execution
  5. Architecture
  6. Governance

These are also called as dimensions. There is a range of benchmark which determines the maturity level.

For example, the following table gives a glimpse of the maturity level Benchmarking:

Scores per Dimension Maturity Level

  • <15 Nascent
  • 16–25 Pre-Adoption
  • 26–35 Early Adoption
  • 36–45 Corporate Adoption
  • 46–49 Mature
  • 50 Visionary

Its interpretation can be as follows: If you get a SCORE of 19 for a particular aspect/dimension,  it means you are in the pre-adoption level/stage for the dimension which is under consideration. These assessment tools guide you REGARDING the progress of your Big Data journey. It may be likely that this progress is not uniform across all the dimensions. A variation in score may be observed for different dimensions.

It may be likely that you are in the corporate adoption stage at data management but as far as analytics is concerned, you are in the pre-adoption stage. Thus the tools to assess Big Data Maturity Model are very helpful and give you the understanding of your maturity in the Big Data space.



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