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Data Platform Maturity Checker

A lightweight assessment for platform architecture, governance, analytics delivery, operations, and documentation. Use it as a directional signal, not a final judgment.

Assessment data is stored anonymously unless you provide an email. Do not submit confidential company or platform details.

Assessment

Rate the current operating reality.

Choose the closest answer for each question. Avoid sensitive internal names, architecture details, system identifiers, or confidential platform context.

01 · Platform architecture

How clearly is your data platform architecture defined across storage, compute, transformation, and serving layers?

Think about whether teams share a common architecture map, not whether every component is perfect.

02 · Platform architecture

How consistently do teams use approved platform patterns for environments, workspaces, pipelines, and data products?

Look for repeatable patterns rather than one-off setup knowledge.

03 · Platform architecture

How well does the platform separate experimental, operational, and production-grade workloads?

Consider environment boundaries, compute policies, data zones, and promotion paths.

04 · Governance

How clear are ownership responsibilities for datasets, semantic models, access groups, and platform standards?

Ownership should be discoverable and actionable, not only implied.

05 · Governance

How consistently are access, security, and data-sharing rules applied across the platform?

Consider whether exceptions are visible, justified, and reviewed.

06 · Governance

How mature is your process for approving and auditing changes to data platform controls?

This includes permission changes, policy changes, and production-impacting configuration.

07 · Analytics delivery

How reliably can teams deliver trusted analytics outputs from raw data through reporting or data products?

Assess delivery quality across pipelines, models, dashboards, and handover.

08 · Analytics delivery

How consistently are business definitions and semantic layers managed across domains?

Look for shared definitions, ownership, versioning, and change communication.

09 · Analytics delivery

How well do delivery teams balance speed with quality controls such as testing, review, and release checks?

A mature path should reduce rework without blocking practical delivery.

10 · Operations

How visible are production health, incidents, pipeline failures, cost drivers, and service ownership?

Consider whether issues can be detected, assigned, and resolved without tribal knowledge.

11 · Operations

How repeatable are operational tasks such as deployment, access review, environment setup, and recovery?

Maturity shows up in runbooks, automation, and predictable execution.

12 · Operations

How actively are platform usage, performance, reliability, and cost signals reviewed?

Signals should drive decisions, not only exist as dashboard noise.

13 · Documentation

How current and useful is documentation for architecture, standards, ownership, and operating procedures?

Useful documentation helps teams make decisions and run the platform.

14 · Documentation

How well are major platform decisions recorded with context, trade-offs, and follow-up actions?

Decision records reduce repeated debate and hidden assumptions.

15 · Documentation

How easy is it for a new engineer or analyst to understand the platform path for common work?

Assess onboarding clarity for real workflows, not only static diagrams.

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