Stratford Ellis
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Advisory · Data strategy & governance

Get your data into a state you can build on.

For property and infrastructure businesses, data only creates value when there is a clear strategy for how asset, lease, tenant, cost, compliance and operational data is captured, structured, governed and used. We help you define that strategy, put the governance behind it, and set up the architecture that makes reporting, automation and AI possible across the portfolio.

How we help

Scoped from an assessment, then delivered.

Data strategy development

We define what your data needs to do for the business, and the practical steps to get there.

Data governance framework design

We design ownership, standards and decision rights so data quality is somebody's job, not nobody's.

Data quality and master data management

We put the structures in place to keep your core records clean, consistent and authoritative across systems.

Architecture and analytics roadmap

We plan the architecture and reporting that makes clean data useful.

Why it matters

A data foundation you can build the next decade on.

Data sprawls without a plan, and people stop believing it. Sort the foundations and reporting, automation and AI all get easier and cheaper.

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Choose the right starting point

A focused review or a wider health check?

Both are independent advisory engagements. The difference is breadth: one answers a defined question; the other examines the connected systems, data and processes behind the business.

For a defined system or operational question

Business Systems Review

A focused review when the problem is already reasonably clear and you need an independent view before making a decision.

  • One defined system, workflow or decision
  • Focused stakeholder input and evidence review
  • Clear findings and practical next steps
  • Best when the brief can be tightly bounded
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For a broader view across the business

Systems and Data Health Check

A wider assessment of how systems, data and processes work together, where value is leaking and what to tackle first.

  • The connected systems and data landscape
  • Operational workflows, risks and reporting
  • Prioritised findings and a costed 90-day plan
  • Delivered within 15 working days from the agreed start
Explore the Health Check

Not sure which fits? We will recommend the smallest useful scope, with no obligation to use us for delivery.

Not sure this is the right thing to build yet?

Tell us what is slowing the business down. We will say honestly whether this is the answer or whether something further upstream needs fixing first.