Data Readiness Checklist
Questions to test whether priority data is ready before migration, cloud, analytics or transformation work begins.
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Practical resources for data leaders.
Checklists, templates and guidance for confident first steps.
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Featured resources
Tools to prepare your next step.
Data Maturity Self-Assessment
A practical starting point for reviewing leadership, governance, quality, metadata, privacy, reporting and capability.
Data Governance Framework Checklist
A guide to ownership, stewardship, decision rights, council terms, standards, escalation and measures.
Data Owner Role Profile
A template for defining decision authority, responsibilities and expected evidence for accountable data owners.
Data Steward Role Profile
A template for day-to-day stewardship responsibilities, metadata tasks, issue handling and adoption support.
Data Quality Rule Template
A structure for documenting business rules, thresholds, owners, controls, exceptions and monitoring frequency.
Data Quality Issue Log
A log for recording quality issues, severity, root cause, ownership, actions, target dates and status.
Critical Data Element Template
A way to register critical fields, definitions, owners, systems, quality rules, risks and reporting use.
Business Glossary Template
A structure for approved business terms, definitions, synonyms, owners, status and approval workflow.
Data Risk Register
A practical register for recording data risks, impacts, controls, owners, mitigations and review dates.
Data Strategy Planning Workbook
A planning workbook for aligning data objectives, capability gaps, investment choices and roadmap priorities.
AI Data Readiness Checklist
A checklist covering use cases, data suitability, quality, ownership, privacy, security, bias and oversight.
Governance Council Terms of Reference
A starting structure for governance council purpose, membership, authority, cadence, inputs, decisions and records.
Data Quality Dashboard Requirements Template
A template for dashboard objectives, quality indicators, dimensions, thresholds, users and reporting cadence.
Anonymised case study
Restoring confidence in regulated reporting.
A regulated organisation faced conflicting definitions, unclear ownership and late manual corrections across key reports.
Manual checks hid weak controls.
Definitions, quality rules and issue routes were not consistently visible.
Start with evidence.
Reporting artefacts, ownership, issues and governance routines were reviewed.
One route for ownership and control.
A sequenced roadmap connected ownership, monitoring and escalation.
Practical outputs
- Priority data and reporting definitions identified
- Owners and stewards proposed for key domains
- Quality rules and escalation routes documented
- Governance cadence designed around decisions
Observed improvements
- Leaders could see where reporting confidence failed
- Teams separated ownership from technical issues
- A roadmap preceded larger technology investment
- Role-based training needs became clear
Identity and confidential details are anonymised. Outcomes vary by scope, sponsorship, maturity and implementation.
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