EDGE Program

What Is EDGE?

Governance is NOT just compliance—it’s a business enabler.

Many organisations struggle with unreliable data, compliance risks, and inefficiencies, yet only 33% have structured governance in place. Strong governance improves efficiency by 20-30% and reduces data-related revenue loss by up to 25% (McKinsey & Gartner).

VIS's EDGE (Enabling Data Governance Excellence) program transforms data management and governance practices from a burden into a business advantage delivering:

Trusted, reliable data for decision-making ✔
Increased data efficiencies, management and automation capabilities ✔
Stronger regulatory compliance ✔
Improved collaboration and data ownership clarity ✔
Reduced cost, risks and compliance challenges ✔
Increased customer trust and loyalty and market leadership ✔
Faster AI and automation adoption ✔

How does EDGE deliver Success?

Depending on where you are in your governance journey, EDGE delivers a tailored, step-by-step approach to help businesses scale governance and uplift data culture effectively.

What Challenges Does It Solve?

🚫 Lack of business growth and loss of market leadership
🚫 Low or Slow customer loyalty and increased challenges
🚫 Unstructured, unreliable data causing slow decision-making
🚫 High compliance risks & legal exposure due to poor governance
🚫 Operational inefficiencies & high costs of data mismanagement
🚫 Lack of data ownership leading to silos & reporting errors
🚫 Privacy & security risks due to uncontrolled data proliferation

With EDGE, businesses move from data chaos to structured governance, enabling compliance, efficiency, and smarter decisions.

What Do I Gain?

NOTE: Customers requirements, scope, deliverables and timelines of the program can be tailored from the prescribed program to achieve maximum business value and relevance to the organisations strategic growth aspirations and goals.

✔ Stronger Data Trust & Ownership - Users get the right data, at the right time, with confidence
✔ Higher Operational Efficiency - Eliminates manual fixes, duplicate work, and reporting errors
✔ Regulatory Compliance Without Complexity - Ensures compliance with APRA, OAIC APPs, GDPR
✔ Data-Driven Decision-Making - Provides trusted, accurate data for planning & strategy
✔ Scalable Governance for AI & Automation - Ensures data is ready for analytics & automation success
✔ Reduced Business Risk & Cost Savings - Governance improves security, compliance, and efficiency across teams

Data Trust & Maturity Mapping (DTMM)

“Can Your Business Fully Trust Its Data?”

Poor data ownership, compliance gaps, and inefficient processes hurt decision-making and expose businesses to risks.
The Data Trust Assessment (DTA) is a rapid 4-8 weeks assessment that helps businesses identify governance gaps, risks, and inefficiencies.

What Do You Gain?

✔ Data Trust and Maturity Score with Data Risk Register
✔ Ownership & Compliance Health Check
✔ Regulatory Compliance Snapshot
✔ Impact Report: Priority data data issues and impact on business performance
✔ Actionable Roadmap for Data Management & Governance Improvement

Best suited for: Businesses that need a quick, high-impact data management governance maturity assessment before growth, scaling and compliance.

EDGE Silver - Governance Baseline

“Establishing the baseline for a Trusted Data Governance, Data Aware Culture & Compliance”

For businesses with minimal or reactive data management and governance maturity, EDGE Silver - Governance Baseline aims to eliminates inefficiencies, improves compliance, and ensures data trust in 12-16 weeks.

What Do You Gain?

✔ Tailored Governance Framework & Data Ownership Model
✔ Stronger Compliance Readiness (APRA, OAIC APPs, GDPR)
✔ Data Quality & Reporting Accuracy Improvements
✔ Workflow Automation for Issue Resolution
✔ Roadmap for Future Governance Expansion
✔ Level 3 - Proactive Data Management Maturity Rating

Most suited for: SMBs & mid-sized businesses enterprises needing foundational governance without complexity.

With EDGE, businesses experience transformational improvements in data governance. EDGE isn’t just data governance—it’s a business accelerator with quantifiable ROI.

EDGE is designed to solve business inefficiencies, compliance risks, and data-related challenges that hold organisations back.

EDGE Gold - Enterprise Governance Expansion

“Scaling Governance to Future Ready Your Business”

For businesses that have foundational governance in place but struggle with scalability, regulatory compliance, and enterprise-wide governance adoption, the EDGE Gold – Enterprise Governance Expansion program provides a structured, comprehensive governance framework that ensures long-term efficiency, compliance, and business value for accelerated growth and future readiness. The duration of the program ranges from 26 weeks and over depending on the organisations strategic data goals, governance and compliance needs. 

What Do You Gain?

✔ Enterprise-Wide Governance Structure
✔ More Efficient Data Management & Usage
✔ Advanced Compliance & Security Controls
✔ Stronger Data Privacy & Metadata Management
✔ AI & Digital Transformation Readiness
✔ Level 4 - Managed Data Management Maturity Rating

Most suited for: SMB's and large organisations needing enterprise-wide governance to support market leadership, accelerated growth, compliance and AI readiness.

EDGE Platinum -Optimised Governance with AI & Automation

“Turning Governance into a Competitive Advantage with AI-Powered Compliance, Automation, and Enterprise-Wide Data Excellence.”

As organisations scale for the future, manual governance processes, compliance risks, and inconsistent data practices become major roadblocks to efficiency and innovation. Many enterprises still struggle with governance scalability, high compliance costs, and data inefficiencies that slow globalisation, automation and AI adoption.

The EDGE Platinum – Advanced Data Governance Program is a tailored program designed for organisations ready to move beyond traditional governance models and achieve a fully optimised, automated, AI-driven framework and operational capability. By integrating governance AI automation, real-time monitoring, and enterprise-wide data culture adoption, this program enables businesses to achieve Data Maturity Level 5 – Optimised data management and governance capabilities.

What Do You Gain?

☑️ Fully Automated Governance Framework
☑️ AI-Powered Compliance & Risk Reduction
☑️ Real-Time Data Quality & Privacy Controls
☑️ Enterprise-Wide Data Culture & AI-Ready Governance
☑️ Reduced Cost and Risks of Compliance & Governance Operations
☑️ Faster AI & Automation Adoption
☑️ Level 5 – Optimised Data Management Maturity Rating

Most suited for: SMB's and large organisations needing enterprise-wide governance to support market leadership, accelerated growth, compliance and AI readiness.

Ready to take control of your Data

Book a Free Consultation to see how EDGE Silver – Governance Kickstart can help your business

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+61 401 422 444

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