State of Data and Analytics Maturity in Australian Organisations

The research project was conducted by a research team at Deakin University, Deakin Business School, and in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as the knowledge partner. The project was headed by Associate Professors Lemai Nguyen, Ambika Zutshi and William Yeoh (Deakin Business School) and embedded in Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Global Research & Development program. A cross-sector online questionnaire was conducted with 138 managers at various levels from the executive to senior and middle managers in data and analytics. Eight semi-interviews and a workshop to discuss findings were also undertaken. All the interview and workshop participants were executive-level and senior Information and Technology leaders. This report presents the findings of the research project aimed to gain an understanding of the current maturity state of data analytics and its perceived business value in Australian organisations.