Data Catalog Evaluation & Scorecard Worksheet
Wayne Eckerson
February 25, 2025
A robust catalog improves data discovery, governance, security, and integration—but comparing solutions can be overwhelming.
The Data Catalog Evaluation & Scorecard Worksheet provides two structured approaches to assess vendors based on critical features, usability, and organizational priorities.
This worksheet breaks down key data catalog capabilities into detailed feature categories, allowing teams to compare vendors based on required and optional functionalities.
Key Evaluation Areas:
This approach enables a feature-by-feature analysis, helping teams differentiate between tools based on required vs. optional capabilities.
This method applies a quantitative scoring system, allowing teams to assign priority levels to different evaluation criteria and generate an overall vendor score.
Key Evaluation Areas:
This worksheet provides a weighted evaluation that adjusts scores based on the importance of specific capabilities, ensuring a data-driven selection process.
✔ Side-by-side vendor comparison based on structured selection criteria.
✔ Eliminates subjective decision-making by quantifying usability, security, and governance features.
✔ Ensures cross-team alignment by addressing both business and IT priorities.
✔ Facilitates a transparent selection process with weighted scoring for key decision factors.
Whether your team prefers a detailed feature-by-feature assessment or a customized scoring model, these worksheets offer a structured way to evaluate data catalog solutions with confidence.
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