Year: 2015
Type: report
Abstract: The Open Data Maturity Model is being developed by the Open Data Institute and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs to help organisations assess how effectively they publish and consume open data.The model supports the assessment of operational and strategic activities around open data, provides guidance on potential areas for improvement, and helps organisations compare themselves against one another to highlight their respective strengths and weaknesses, adopt best practices and improve their processes.The model is based around five themes, each representing a broad area of activity: data management processes, knowledge and skills, customer support and engagement, investment and financial performance and strategic oversight.An assessment grid helps organisations identify their levels of maturity for each of the activities.Organisations can use the model to set themselves appropriate goals based on their current maturity, resourcing and anticipated benefits.To achieve the full, long-term benefits of open data, organisations must take steps beyond basic data publication, the assessment of open data publishing and consumption is a strong starting point.While the model has been initially developed for a UK public sector audience, it can also be applied to any type of organisation with little or no modification, whether they are already publishing or consuming open data, or are planning to do so. ForewordThe first challenges that many organisations face when becoming open data publishers are technical, largely centred around how to publish data in easy-to-use formats with clear licensing.If reusers are to have reliable, sustainable access to published data then publishers will need Open Data Maturity Model | Open Data Institute 2015 4to consider these challenges as well as the strategic, financial and operational impacts of making their data open.Understanding this organisational change is an important aspect of becoming an effective open data publisher.Similar changes take place as organisations begin to reap the benefits of reusing open data to reduce costs, increase efficiency and to drive innovation .Organisations are at different stages in this open data journey.Some are only just beginning to publish data, while others have already undergone significant changes towards a more "open by default" model.Many are seeking guidance about how to take the next steps in their journey.The goal of this Open Data Maturity Model is to highlight issues commonly encountered by publishers, and provide a means for organisations to assess and improve their effectiveness as publishers and consumers of open data.The maturity model provides a framework for understanding the different areas of organisational change towards open data, while also identifying the benefits of that change.5
DOI: 10.61557/goub2586
Institution: Open Data Institute
Language: English
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W4398200319