DataStrategy.co.nz

Most New Zealand organisations of 100 to 1,000 staff, and most councils, cannot justify a large consulting engagement just to find out where to start with data. Yet the questions are the same everywhere: who owns it, what matters, which rules apply, and when to spend.

DataStrategy.co.nz publishes my own method, developed over several years of building data strategies, free and in full. Nothing is spent on a platform until the strategy is approved and a small pilot has proved value, and “no new platform” is a valid outcome.

The whole method lives in one data file: 9 stages, 50 phases of 10 points each, the gates and the assessment questions. Every page, the scoring and an open data file are generated from it, and automated checks run on every build, covering the order of the phases, every count and the scoring rules.

The quick check, the full assessment and the workspace run in the browser and save only on the visitor’s device, so there is no account and nothing is sent anywhere. The 40 guides link each New Zealand legal point, from the Privacy Act to the Public Records Act, to its official source.

1. One method file50 phases, 9 gates, the questions
2. Checked on every buildOrder, counts and scoring rules
3. Tools in the browserQuick check, assessment, workspace
4. Strategy packPrint it or save it as a PDF

DataStrategy.co.nz is new, launched on 12 November 2026, and I am plain about that: it has no track record of its own yet. Its method is open to checking: the public parts are published as an open data file under Creative Commons Attribution.

It is the same method I use when organisations bring Crucible in to run their data strategy, so the site and the consulting work stay in step.