The Maturity Assessment is followed by the Operational Implementation phase. Continuous monitoring guarantees sustainable success. In this phase, you should establish processes and controls, which you can do by:

• Conducting regular audits and controls
• Documenting your process
• Collecting feedback and adapting processes

It is important to regularly review your data management to ensure compliance with all legal and technical requirements. The measures for this are:

• Monthly reviews of API logs and access controls
• Quarterly auditings of data descriptions and standards
• Annual progress reports on maturity development
• Feedback rounds with employees and stakeholders

You can also regularly come back to this checklist:

• Monitoring and reporting systems installed?
• Person responsible for audits appointed?
• Documentation of results kept?
• Improvement measures implemented?
• Feedback processes established?
• Employee training conducted regularly?