Download the Open Data Maturity Model guide
Download the Open Data Maturity Model assessment grid
The Open Data Maturity Model supports the assessment of operational and strategic activities around open data, provides guidance on potential areas for improvement, and helps organisations compare themselves against one another to highlight their respective strengths and weaknesses, adopt best practices and improve their processes.
The model is based around five themes, each representing a broad area of activity: data publication processes, data literacy and skills, customer support and engagement, investment and financial performance and strategic oversight.
Organisations can use the model to set themselves appropriate goals based on their current maturity, resourcing and anticipated benefits. To achieve the full, long-term benefits of open data, organisations must take steps beyond basic data publication, the assessment of open data publishing and consumption is a strong starting point.
While the original model was initially developed for a UK public sector audience, the updated model has been developed and tested with private sector organisations as well and leverages resources and experience from public and private sector, civil society and academia.
The key updates from the original model focus on maintaining global open data best practices, and include relevant thinking on data literacy, data ethics and responsible data stewardship.
"The ODI’s Open Data Maturity Model is a powerful tool that has helped Northumbrian Water both assess and enhance our open data practices in a practical way. It provided us with a structured framework so that we could have the right conversations internally to reflect on where we were at, where we wanted and needed to be, and how we would get there. It brought us all together onto the same page so we can now move forward collectively with confidence. It also offers a standardised framework that enables the water sector to align on best practices. By using the model, we can collaborate more effectively, build trust with our stakeholders, and maximise the value of open data for everyone."
Open Data Lead, Northumbrian Water
Use the digital tool
The model is now available via the ODI Maturity Assessment Tool which you can access below. You will need an ODI account to access the tool.
ODI Maturity Tool enables:
- Comprehensive maturity assessments.
- Progress-tracking through levels of maturity.
- AI generated summaries based upon question answers (members only).
- Data and document exports.
Start using the Open Data Maturity Model
The Open Data Maturity Model has been updated into a second version by the Open Data Institute with funding from the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) to help organisations assess how effectively they publish and consume open data. The first version was published in September 2015 with funding from the Release of Data Fund and support from the Open Data User Group and the Cabinet Office.
