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Data Strategy & Governance
Data modelling, quality frameworks, compliance.
About this service
Data strategy and governance is the work of making sure your organisation's data assets are trustworthy, understandable, and used appropriately. It's less glamorous than AI and analytics, but it's the foundation that makes everything else reliable.
We help organisations develop data strategies that connect data investment to business outcomes, build data governance frameworks that are practical to operate rather than just compliant on paper, and implement data quality programmes that surface problems before they cause decisions to go wrong.
In the NZ context, the Privacy Act 2020 and its information privacy principles create real obligations around how personal data is collected, stored, and used. We understand these requirements and help organisations comply in ways that are both rigorous and operationally sustainable.
How Dreamware approaches this
We start with an inventory of your data assets: what data do you have, where does it live, who owns it, how is it used, and what are the quality and compliance issues? This discovery phase surfaces the real problems rather than the assumed ones.
Data governance frameworks are only as good as their adoption. We design governance that's proportionate to the organisation's size and maturity — a framework that a 20-person company can actually operate, not one designed for a bank. We build in the incentives for people to follow the governance rather than work around it.
What you get
- Data strategy document — connected to business objectives, with prioritised initiatives
- Data governance framework — policies, roles, and processes appropriate to your organisation
- Data catalogue — inventory of key data assets with ownership and quality metadata
- Data quality framework — rules, measurement, and remediation processes
- Privacy compliance assessment — gap analysis against Privacy Act 2020 requirements
- Data modelling — canonical data models for key business domains
- Training materials — so your team understands and can operate the governance framework
Investment guide
Data strategy and governance engagements typically run $10,000–$35,000 NZD. Data strategy development for a single business domain runs $10,000–$18,000. Comprehensive governance frameworks including privacy compliance, data catalogue, and quality framework for a larger organisation sit higher. Ongoing governance advisory retainers available for organisations wanting continued support.
All pricing in NZD excluding GST. Fixed-price engagements where scope allows — we'll confirm pricing after a free scoping conversation.
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