Data maturity assessment
…guides strategy and roadmap
About the Client
The Department of Finance is responsible for assisting the government across a wide range of policy areas to ensure its
outcomes are met, particularly with regard to expenditure, financial management, and the operations of government.
BRIEF
The Department of Finance required an enterprise-wide data maturity assessment to guide the development of their IT strategy and roadmap.
CHALLENGE
The federal Department of Finance have a broad remit which requires them to manage vast data reserves.
Each division collects, stores, and manages data relevant to their area but siloed systems and a lack of data governance was limiting the sharing and re-use of data.
The use of local storage and over-classification of data were also limiting accessibility.
SOLUTION
Conduct over 140 stakeholder interviews to understand business needs and current pain points
Process and experience mapping of core activities to illustrate system touch-points and manual handling practices
Conduct a comprehensive data maturity assessment to baseline current practices
Develop an IT Strategy and pragmatic roadmap to align divisions towards and common vision and guide investment and prioritisation decisions
OUTCOME
The maturity assessment provides a quantitative baseline across people, process and technology lenses and empowers the department to independently assess their improvement
The IT Strategy outlines core principles to balance critical data privacy and security requirements with accessibility to increase sharing and re-use of data
A pragmatic roadmap defines core activities to drive an internal capability uplift