Data System Readiness Tool

This tool was designed to assess a collective’s readiness to implement a shared measurement system to achieve its measurement goals. Some of the indicators in this tool may be more critical than others, but all are important.

How You Can Use This Tool

We suggest assessing readiness of all key stakeholders, as a group, who will have responsibility for and benefit from the shared measurement initiative. It also may be useful at some point to assess readiness of individual organizations when considering selection criteria for organizations that may be included in a first cohort for piloting the shared measurement system.

• Not in place: This indicator is not currently met

• Considering: This indicator has been explored and/or considered, but no progress has been made yet

• In progress: Some work has been done to accomplish this indicator, but it is not yet complete

• In place: This indicator represents a resource, system, or process that is in place

For those indicators not in place in your community, use the Action Plan to determine how you will make progress or identify an alternative solution when an indicator is not in place.