Where are organizations on their data management journey?
Segmenting the market by data management maturity
To determine Data Management Maturity, ESG asked respondents five key questions related to these challenges and used responses to make an assessment of how well the respondent's organization is positioned to overcome them. Respondents could earn their organization up to 5 maturity points in each question, for a maximum of 25 maturity points.
CHALLENGES AREA
SURVEY QUESTIONS ALIGNED TO CHALLENGES AREAS
DATA CHALLENGES
Very little trust ← → Data is our "single source of truth"
No and no plans ← → we use AI/ML today
INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES
Highly siloed ← → Completely integrated
PEOPLE CHALLENGES
Few/no data scientists ← → We don't lack data scientists
No, and we have no plans for CDO ← → We have a CDO
ESG segmented respondents, and the organizations they represent as follows:
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Stage 1 (or least mature, "Data Management Novices") - earned 5 points or less
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Stage 2 - earned 6-10 points
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Stage 3 - earned 11-15 points
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Stage 4 - earned 16-19 points
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Stage 5 (or most mature, "Data Management Leaders") - earned 20+ points
Data Management Maturity Distribution
Source: Enterprise Strategy Group
Nearly 70%
of the organizations surveyed are in either Stage 2 or Stage 3 today.
As evidenced by the maturity curve, the current state of data management maturity is relatively nascent, with just 8% of organizations surveyed earning the most mature designation - what we refer to as "Data management leaders" - and nearly 70% of the market falling in either Stage 2 or Stage 3 today.