With about 20 years of experience in Business & IT on five continents, I discovered my real challenge in scientific research of Data Governance. Profit and non-profit organizations worldwide showed interest in the designed Data Governance Maturity model (DGMM).
Therefore, I decided to continue my research by making the DGMM model available for the public. Anyone can now assess their own organization for free with this online assessment tool:
Take the Free Online Assessment in approx 9 mins.
So far we collected data from many organizations worldwide, creating a knowledge base of data governance which enables us to ground our consultancy on evidence from practice.
PhD research
My research on Data Governance is continued in my PhD research. We are exploring this new topic scientifically and publish new findings.
To follow this research pelase visit: Researchgate
Scientific publication
In May 2019 we published our article on data governance, information governance in relation to the DIKW pyramid on Crete. You may download the article here:
Thesis : Full , English translation
Here the link to the full version: Data Governance Maturity Model Thesis
or PDF: datagovernancematuritymodel_thesis_janrutgermerkus_nov2015
Thesis – Full version, Dutch version
The full version of the Master thesis is available in Dutch: Scriptie
Summary , English
Data Governance 