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The model is descriptive rather than prescriptive. It should enable multiple stakeholders to reach similar conclusions based on observations of a specific organization at a given time. There are different data models, and the reader can also refer to the EDMC’s DCAM (DMBoK) and NIST’s Research Data Framework (RDaF).
The structure of this first model is a matrix. We see each matrix element in relation to its nearest neighbors for the “maturity axis” and with all the elements in the same level, or the “dimensions axis”. That should, in turn, indicate concrete directions for improvement.
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