TDWI’s Big Data Maturity Model helps organizations assess their big data readiness and offers best practices for moving along the maturity path. Its co-author, Fern Halper, explains the five major maturity stages.

The Big Data Maturity Guide walks you through the actual stages of maturity for big data initiatives and provides examples and characteristics of companies at different stages of maturity. In each of these stages, we look across the dimensions necessary for maturity.