Development of a Big Data Capability Assessment Model

Numerous organizations are turning to big data intelligence, expecting to elicit huge benefits from big data. A large number of them, however, are experiencing failures and struggling, not knowing where to start and where to continue. This study aims to develop a big data capability assessment model to provide these organizations with a practical guide and an evolutionary strategy for big data adoption. Significant big data capability factors were derived based on relevant capability and maturity models as well as interviews with big data experts. We devised a framework for assessing capability level, identifying weak capability types, and suggesting adequate guidelines according to evolutionary stage. Our model has been applied to five organizations in different business sectors for validation and refinement based on feedback.