Discover the state of your lineage, governance, and semantic consistency
4 quick tests that reveal if your data infrastructure is ready for what's next.
4 Tests
Evaluate Your Systems
24 Questions
Probe Your Knowledge
20 Minutes
Time Your Responses
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Why you're here
Something broke, or almost did. A dashboard number didn't match the board deck. An auditor asked for lineage and the answer took three weeks. An AI project stalled because no one could agree on what the data actually meant. This checklist catches that kind of problem while you can still walk away from a bad contract.
What's inside
Four quick tests and 24 questions to run before you sit through another vendor demo. Run all four and you'll know more about your metadata estate than most consultants find in a month of discovery.
The Seam Test
4 questions for your data team on whether your metadata tools genuinely share a data model, or just call each other's APIs.
The Time Test
6 timed questions that reveal how long it really takes to answer critical lineage, governance, and KPI questions in your own environment.
The Vendor Call Test
9 questions across lineage, governance, and semantic consistency—steal these for your next demo.
The Pre-Signature Test
5 things that don't show up in a demo. They show up on your invoice or in your audit, while you still have negotiating room.
Built by the team behind MetaKarta — the metadata platform embedded in products from Microsoft, Oracle, Informatica, and 400+ connectors, trusted by 95% of the Fortune 1000.
