Data strategy and governance

Data strategy and data governance consulting

Turn data from a recurring argument into an asset the business trusts. We set data strategy against the decisions you need to make, put proportionate governance and ownership in place, and fix the master data that every system and AI model depends on.

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19 yrs
Systems delivery
5
Continents delivered across
£13bn
Largest programme led
The problem

Every programme hits the same data wall

ERP, CRM, billing and AI programmes all stall on the same thing: data nobody owns, definitions that differ between teams and quality problems discovered only during migration. Strategy documents describe a data driven future while the monthly report is still reconciled by hand.

Good data strategy is short, tied to decisions and owned by the business. Good governance is light enough that people follow it.

What we do

What we do

Data strategy

A clear view of the decisions, products and regulatory needs your data must support, the gaps today and a costed roadmap to close them.

Data governance

Owners and stewards for critical data domains, agreed definitions, quality measures and a governance forum with the authority to decide.

Master data management

Customer, product, supplier and asset master data cleansed, structured and kept clean, ahead of ERP, CRM or AI programmes.

How it works

Start with the data that hurts most

We begin with a short diagnostic of the data behind your most important decisions and systems, then agree a plan that fixes the highest value problems first and builds governance around them.

Scope and price are agreed up front, on a fixed price or a day rate.

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Data and AI

Governance that makes AI safe to use

AI models and copilots are only as good as the data behind them, and regulators expect you to know what data your AI uses and where it came from. We align data governance with AI governance so you can adopt AI with confidence. Our data governance framework guide sets out the structure we use as a starting point.

Why PEF

Why PEF on data

Data treated as a delivery problem, with owners and deadlines
Data fixed in the context of the systems that use it, from ERP to billing to AI
Independent of data platform and tooling vendors
Senior people who stay through delivery
Common questions

Data strategy and governance, answered

What is the difference between data strategy and data governance?

Data strategy sets out what your data must do for the business and how you will get there. Data governance is the ownership, standards and processes that keep data fit for purpose day to day.

Do we need data governance before an ERP or CRM programme?

At least for the data you are migrating. Naming owners and agreeing definitions before migration is far cheaper than discovering the problems in testing.

What is master data management?

The processes and tools that keep core records such as customers, products, suppliers and assets accurate and consistent across systems.

Do you recommend data tools?

Only once the process and ownership are clear, and we will tell you if a spreadsheet and a clear owner will do for now.

What do you charge?

A fixed price for the diagnostic and an agreed price or day rate for what follows.

What is a data strategy?

A data strategy sets out how an organisation will collect, manage, govern and use its data to meet its goals: what data matters, who owns it, the standards it must meet, the platforms it lives on and how it turns into decisions. A data and analytics strategy extends that to the reporting, analytics and AI the business will build on top.

Why does a data strategy matter?

Because systems, reporting and AI all depend on data that is owned, trusted and consistent. Without a data strategy, each programme fixes its own data problems and the same issues come back on the next one.

Make your data something you can trust

Tell us which decision or programme is being held back by data, and we will tell you where we would start.

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