Self audit

The 5 minute data chaos self audit

Twelve statements about how your data really works. Answer honestly, see where the chaos sits, and get a suggested first step. Your answers stay in your browser.

Data In Garbage in, chaos throughout.

Field data reaches us in many formats: Excel, CSV, PDF, email, photos, even paper.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

We usually find errors and outliers late, after the numbers have already been used.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

We merge data by copying and pasting between files, and nobody is sure which version is current.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

Our maps and GIS files are scattered, and people outside the GIS team cannot open or read them.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

Data Work Heroic effort that doesn't compound.

Our analysis lives in one person's head or scripts, and we rebuild it every cycle.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

Sharing data with partners or funders means emailing attachments.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

We rebuild every report by hand, and it takes weeks.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

Our data reaches the public as static PDFs, if at all.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

Data Out Your impact stays locked away.

We could not easily show a funder an audit trail of how our data was handled.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

If our data person left tomorrow, much of the system would leave with them.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

Our archive strategy is to save it somewhere, and some older data is already hard to open.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

When a grant deadline arrives, we cannot quickly show our best results.

Often true Sometimes Rarely

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The 5 minute data chaos self audit

Data In Garbage in, chaos throughout.

Data Work Heroic effort that doesn't compound.

Data Out Your impact stays locked away.

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