Enterprise-wide data catalogue adoption
From IT tool to enterprise asset
A leading blue chip enterprise had invested in a data catalogue, but it was being used only by IT. Business teams were not engaged, data domains remained siloed, and the catalogue was failing to deliver the enterprise wide value it was built for.
financial services · data governance
the challenge
A data catalogue that wasn't being used.
The organisation had implemented a data catalogue with significant investment and ambition. In practice, it had become an IT tool — not an enterprise one. Business domains were not represented, metadata was incomplete, and adoption outside of technical teams was minimal.
The catalogue was not connecting silos. It was not enabling data discovery. And it was not providing the governance foundation the organisation needed to support its broader data and cloud migration ambitions.
the solution
A standardised model. An organisation-wide rollout
We transformed the catalogue from an IT asset into an enterprise-wide solution by implementing a standardised information model that enabled consistent, cross-domain access to data and metadata.
Adoption was not assumed, it was engineered. We designed and delivered a structured rollout programme that included organisation wide roadshows, collaborative working groups with business domain leads, and a strategic communications plan that made the value of the catalogue tangible to non technical stakeholders.
Governance processes were embedded alongside adoption, ensuring the catalogue became a living, maintained asset, not a one-time project output.
the outcome
Adopted. Connected. Actively governed
Outcomes
- Organisation wide adoption achieved across business and technology teams
- Cloud enterprise data warehouse migration accelerated by connecting previously siloed data domains
- Robust governance platform established, enabling an operational data stewardship team to manage data quality initiatives at scale