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MDM Strategy

Master Data Strategy

Diagnoses master data honestly, designs the golden-record style, and sequences a roadmap that survives year two.

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Illustrative output of Master Data Strategy: Diagnoses master data honestly, designs the golden-record style, and sequences a roadmap that survives year two.
Illustrative output with sample data.
The challenge

The same customer appears 14 times.

Tool-first programmes

The platform is bought before anyone agrees what a customer is.

The wrong style

Registry, consolidation, coexistence and centralised get chosen by default.

Domain politics

Every domain owner believes their definition wins.

Roadmaps that collapse

Too much scope in phase one, and the programme stalls.

How it works

From first question to finished output.

Assess

A 40-question maturity diagnostic with a scoring rubric.

Design

Architecture style, entity resolution and the data model for each domain.

Roadmap

A phased 12–36 month plan with sequencing a board will accept.

Govern

Owners and stewards named per domain before go-live.

What you get

  • 40-question maturity assessment
  • Golden-record architecture style recommendation
  • Phased roadmap with sequencing

What goes in

Domain inventory, current match-and-merge approach, source system landscape, governance state.

Time to answer

As a consulting engagement12 weeks3 people · 36 consultant-weeks
Running the skill2–3 hoursone sitting, start to finished output

What it still needs from you

Getting domain owners to agree whose definition of customer wins.

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See Master Data Strategy in action.

Thirty minutes with Harveer, on your own data problem.