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Witboost Data Product Quiz

Quiz · 2 minutes

Where are you on the data product journey?

A four-question quiz for data engineering and data governance leaders. It places your organisation on a six-stage data product journey, from unfamiliar through to operating at enterprise scale, and returns a short read on ownership, governance and your main obstacle to scaling. Published by Witboost.

Questions

  1. Where are you in your data product journey?
    • We are not familiar with data products
    • We are aware of data products, but not exploring them yet
    • We are exploring the approach
    • We are running a pilot
    • We are scaling across teams or domains
    • We are operating data products at enterprise scale
  2. What is the main reason you are not exploring data products today? (asked only of respondents who are unfamiliar with or aware of but not exploring data products)
    • We do not yet see a strong enough business case
    • We are focused on other data priorities right now
    • We lack internal ownership or sponsorship
    • We are still clarifying how data products would apply to our organization
    • We believe our current approach is sufficient for now
  3. How are data products owned in your organization? (asked only of respondents who are exploring, piloting, scaling or operating at enterprise scale)
    • Ownership is unclear or informal
    • A central team owns most data products
    • Ownership exists, but varies by team
    • Domains own products with shared standards
    • Ownership is clear, consistent, and accountable across the lifecycle
  4. How are governance and quality controls applied to data products today? (same path as above)
    • Mostly manually
    • Through a mix of manual and automated checks
    • Embedded in some delivery workflows
    • Embedded consistently across workflows
    • Enforced by design across the lifecycle
  5. What is the biggest obstacle to scaling data products? (same path as above)
    • Securing business alignment
    • Clarifying ownership and responsibilities
    • Standardizing delivery
    • Building trust and adoption
    • Moving from pilot to repeatable production

How the result is calculated

Respondents on the early-stage path receive a stage placement and guidance matched to the reason they gave for not exploring data products. Respondents on the main path receive a readiness score out of 100, weighted 50% on journey stage, 25% on ownership maturity and 25% on governance maturity, together with a focus area matched to their stated obstacle. Scores are self-reported and indicative.