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Benchmark Assessment Framework

     Welcome to the world's most comprehensive online benchmarking assessment for enterprise data & analytics teams. The assessment consists of 12 categories and 44 subcategories, listed below.

     Three-quarters of the 250 questions are scored, the rest are non-scored. The results of the scored questions are displayed in the online report. To view results from non-scored questions and apply custom filters and cohorts, you need to schedule a private benchmark workshop

     The majority of the scored questions are best practice statements that respondents evaluate using a 6-point Likert based on degree of agreement. Non-scored questions are single choice, multi-choice, or open-ended. 

     Each industry-based assessment has a set of custom filters and a section of about a dozen non-scored questions geared explicitly to that industry. 95% of the assessment is generic.  

Categories and Subcategories​

A. Business & Culture

1. Executives

2. Business Users

3. Organization

4. Business Systems

F. Business Intelligence

25. Casual Users

26. Dashboards

27. Business Intelligence Tools 

G. Data Analysis
B. Operating Model

5. Data & Analytics Team

6. Enterprise Alignment 

7. Community

8. Training 

9. Support

C. Development

10. Project Management

11. Solution Development

12. DataOps

13. Data Pipelines

D. Data Governance

14. Program

15. Roles

16. Processes

17. Reporting & ANalytics Governance

18. Policies & Guidelines

19. Controls

E. Data Management

20. Data Quality

21. Metadata 

22. Data Integration 

23. Data Architecture

24. Data

28. Data Analyst Skills

29. Data Analyst Activity

30. Data Analysis Tools

H. Data Science

31. Data Scientist Skills

32. Data Science Program

33. Model Development 

34. Model Deployment

I. Value

35. Impact

36. Innovation

37. Strategic Alignment

J. Non-Scored Questions

38. Reporting Structures

39. Staffing 

40. Supported Users

41.  Budget 

42. Technology Infrastructure

K. Industry Questions
L. Open-Ended Questions

Sample Questions

Scored Questions

Likert Scale. All scored questions have a 6-point answer set with values for each answer. Values are averaged to determine overall, category, and subcategory scores. 

H. Data Science

171. Domain Knowledge. Our data scientists have strong business knowledge in the domain they support.

 

173. Efficiency. Our data scientists spend more time creating and managing models than finding and preparing data. 

Non-Scored Questions

Multiple Choice. All non-scored questions are multiple choice, with unique answers for all questions. 

W. Organization Structure 

217. Data Silos. How many business units work independently of the enterprise data analytics team? 

     0, 1-2, 3-5, 6-10, 11-20, 21+

Y. Budget

189. Production Models.  How many analytical models are currently in production in your organization? 

     <1, 1-3, 4-10, 11-25, 26-100, 100+

193. Deployment Time. On average, how long does it take a machine learning engineer to deploy an approved model into production? 

     <1 week, <1 month, <3 months, <6 months, <12 months, 12+ months

227. Increase/Decrease. To what degree did the budget for your enterprise data and enterprise analytics increase or decrease from the prior year? 

     Increased a lot (10%+), Increased some (1-9%), etc. 

228. Percentage of Revenue. What percentage of corporate revenues is the annual budget for the enterprise data and analytics program? 

     <1%, <2%, 3-5%, 6-10%, 11%+

Assignments

Key:

Suggested Primary Respondent

Suggested Primary Reviewer

A. Business & Culture

1. Executives

2. Business Users

3. Organization

4. Business Systems

Program Head

All 

F. Business Intelligence

BI Director 

All

25. Casual Users

26. Dashboards

27. Business Intelligence Tools 

G. Data Analysis
B. Operating Model

5. Data & Analytics Team

6. Enterprise Alignment 

7. Community

8. Training 

9. Support

Program Head

All 

C. Development

10. Project Management

11. Solution Development

12. DataOps

13. Data Pipelines

Head of BI, Data Management, or Application Development 

All 

D. Data Governance

28. Data Analyst Skills

29. Data Analyst Activity

30. Data Analysis Tools

Director of Analytics 

All

H. Data Science

31. Data Scientist Skills

32. Data Science Program

33. Model Development 

34. Model Deployment

Data Science Director

All

I. Value

35. Impact

36. Innovation

37. Strategic Alignment

Program Head

All

14. Program

15. Roles

16. Processes

17. Reporting & ANalytics Governance

18. Policies & Guidelines

19. Controls

Head of Data Governance

All 

J. Non-Scored Questions

38. Reporting Structures

39. Staffing 

40. Supported Users

41.  Budget 

42. Technology Infrastructure

Program Head

All

E. Data Management

20. Data Quality

21. Metadata 

22. Data Integration 

23. Data Architecture

24. Data

Head of Data Management

All 

K. Industry Questions

Program Head

All

L. Open-Ended Questions

Program Head

All

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