“Essential Shared Data Assets are critical from a cross-government perspective and the shared ambition by the Cabinet Office is for all departments to have a number of ESDAs identified, including those related to the ‘Top 75 services’ this year!
But where do you start?
A large Government Department recently invited Envitia and our experienced consulting team to conduct a discovery to devise a methodology to assess their Essential Shared Data Assets (ESDAs) against the Q-FAIR (Quality, Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, Reusability) principles, combined with the assessment of an initial tranche of ESDAs.
This underpinned their commitment to the National Data Strategy, which includes the cross-government data marketplace, and will benefit them in the longer term by making their data more Q-FAIR.
So what did we do?
The results of our detailed assessment highlighted several issues with the Q-FAIR compliance of in-scope ESDAs datasets and the fundamental ability to produce information that is Q-FAIR compliant by default. This included:
– Inconsistent processes for data and metadata creation
– Lack of data standards/defined governance model
– Lack of technical and contextual information presented to data users.
Our team made a number of recommendations and provided a roadmap that will result in the following for our government client:
– Significant Q-FAIR compliance improvement of in-scope ESDAs
– Consistent creation of new information that is Q-FAIR compliant by design
– Consumers can easily interpret and link theirs and other central government data, leading to the department realising its commitment to open data as part of the National Data Strategy
– Improved user experience and trustworthiness when using their data
– Operational savings for the department, in terms of time, money and efficiency
– Improving the suitability of their data for use in leveraging AI / ML insights.”
As leading experts in data across government, our Envitia team can help support you on this journey.
Please get in touch with Jose Pedro Vaz or thomas.noott@envitia.com if you’d like to find out more.
