How it works
Twenty-four questions. Each one shows five descriptions of how companies actually operate, and you pick the one that sounds like yours. That's the whole mechanic. No ten-point sliders, no buzzword bingo, no preparation. The descriptions were written from fifteen years of first calls, which is why one of them will probably sting a little.
Ten minutes in, you have your profile.
What you get- A radar profile across the four dimensions
- Your level in each, described in plain language
- Integration and data sub-scores, when they tell different stories
- An AI-readiness read
- A concrete place to start
On screen, immediately. Your results are yours.
Pick the description that sounds most like your company.
An honest read on where integration stands.
Two views of the same data. The radar chart shows the shape of your maturity. The score table shows the underlying numbers. Both are diagnostic, not judgmental.
Scale: 1 (Siloed) to 5 (Composable). The IDMI is a profile, not a single number. Pay attention to the gaps: between dimensions, and between the two lenses.
Your integration and data maturity move together. Whatever level you're at, you're at it consistently.
Built from eight signals in your answers, not a separate score.
Keep your IDMI results.
Send yourself a plain-English copy of your scores and Pattern Match, plus a link back to this profile.
A self-assessment is a starting point. Our Data Readiness Assessment uses this same framework with structured interviews, artifact review, and survey data to produce evidence-backed scores and a prioritized roadmap.
This is a self-assessment based on Made In Tandem's Integration and Data Maturity Index. It produces directional insight, not certified scoring. The full Data Readiness Assessment uses structured interviews and artifact review.
Most maturity models lie by averaging.
An organization that is Level 5 Technical and Level 1 Cultural is not "Level 3 overall." It's a specific pattern with specific implications, and averaging the two hides the truth instead of revealing it.
The IDMI scores four independent dimensions and visualizes the result as a profile. Strong dimensions support weak ones. Gaps between dimensions tell you where investment will actually move the needle.
One observation from fifteen years of engagements, and it's the uncomfortable one. The Cultural and Organizational dimensions predict success better than the Technical one. You can't buy your way out of a trust problem.
Why one framework for both
Enterprise frameworks treat integration and data as separate practices with separate teams, separate budgets, and separate maturity models. Mid-market companies don't work that way. The same IT director owns the ERP connections, the reporting warehouse, and whatever governance exists, usually all before lunch.
The failure modes interleave too. A broken sync becomes a wrong number becomes a spreadsheet workaround becomes a shadow system nobody governs. Assessing integration without data, or data without integration, means describing half the loop and wondering why the fixes don't hold.
So the IDMI measures both, together, the way companies actually experience them. And because the two don't always mature in step, every question carries a lens tag so the assessment can tell you when they've split.
The two lenses
Each of the 24 indicators looks through one of two lenses, three of each per dimension.
The integration lens covers the connections. Whether they can be changed safely, whether failures announce themselves, whether anyone owns them, whether the business can get a new one without a quarter passing.
The data lens covers what flows through. Whether core records have one authoritative home, whether errors get caught at the door, whether people trust the numbers enough to act on them, whether access is something you'd defend in an audit.
Your report always shows the four-dimension radar. When any dimension shows a gap of a full level or more between lenses, the report breaks out the split, because the split is usually the diagnosis. When the lenses move together, it says that instead, in one line. That's a finding too.
The four dimensions and their indicators
Eight of the 24 indicators are flagged (⚡) as AI-critical. They're the signals AI initiatives stall on first, and they feed the AI-readiness read in your report.
Technical
Whether the plumbing and the data flowing through it can be trusted, changed, and extended.
Organizational
Whether anyone owns this work, and whether the company can do it without begging a vendor.
Cultural
Whether people trust the data, share it, and feel safe touching the systems that move it.
Business Outcomes
Whether any of it shows up where the business can feel it.
From Siloed to Composable.
Levels describe states, not report cards. Most mid-market companies land between Levels 1 and 3 on a first assessment, and that's the expected result, not a bad one. Level 5 is described so the direction is clear, not because we expect to find it. Each level closes with an AI reality check, because "are we ready for AI" is usually the question that brought you here.
- 1
Siloed
Connections and data practices exist because work had to get done, not because anyone designed them. Every one of them was a rational answer to a real deadline.
AI reality check: A pilot here stalls in week two, at the data stage, and the postmortem blames the model.
- 2
Aware
The pain has been said out loud. That's not nothing; naming the problem is the first real act of maturity.
AI reality check: The enthusiasm is real. So is the sinking feeling in the first data-readiness meeting.
- 3
Intentional
Deliberate investment has started. Ownership exists, the important things are documented, and progress is visible even where it's slow.
AI reality check: The first AI use cases reach production in the corners where the data is cleanest. The wins are modest, and they're real.
- 4
Orchestrated
Capability is coordinated. Central support enables, teams execute, and the business feels the difference.
AI reality check: Agents work against real systems with scoped permissions, and new AI use cases ship in weeks because the plumbing and the data both hold.
- 5
Composable
The foundation stops being a constraint and starts being an advantage. Rare in the mid-market, and described here as direction, not expectation.
AI reality check: The constraint on AI is imagination and prioritization, not foundations.
Most organizations look like one of these.
Certain shapes show up again and again. If you recognize yours, the diagnosis and the starting point come with it.
The Technical Leader
High Technical, low-to-moderate everywhere else.
The Governance-Heavy
High Organizational, moderate Technical, low Cultural.
The Culture-First
High Cultural, moderate everywhere else.
The Balanced Achiever
Relatively even scores across all four dimensions.
The Outcomes Gap
Strong Technical, Organizational, and Cultural. Weak Outcomes.
The Plumbing-Proud
Integration lens strong, data lens weak.
The Report-Rich, Pipe-Poor
Data lens strong, integration lens weak.
What this framework believes.
Independence over averaging.
There's no single IDMI score. Level 5 Technical with Level 1 Cultural isn't "Level 3 overall"; it's a specific pattern with specific risks, and averaging would hide exactly what matters.
Aspiration over judgment.
"Siloed" is a starting point, not a verdict. Every Level 1 characteristic describes a rational choice someone made under real constraints.
Context over comparison.
The right profile depends on your strategy, your industry, and what you're trying to become. Not every company needs Level 5 anywhere.
Progress over perfection.
Moving from Level 2 to 3 in a weak dimension usually creates more value than moving from 4 to 5 in a strong one.
People over platforms.
In our engagements, the human dimensions predict success better than the technical one. Tools amplify whatever the culture already is.
Honest scope.
The IDMI measures where mid-market companies most often get hurt. It doesn't audit regulatory compliance, evaluate cybersecurity posture, assess master data tooling, or grade specific vendors and platforms. Frameworks that claim to measure everything measure nothing well.
The IDMI assesses capability. The PAID Canvas plans initiatives.
The IDMI is where most of our client conversations start. Prospects take the assessment before a first call, so the call starts at the diagnosis instead of the introductions. For engagements, it pairs with the PAID Canvas. The IDMI assesses capability, the canvas plans the specific initiatives, and a reassessment later measures whether the capability actually moved. Companies also retake it standalone, quarter over quarter, as a progress check. The radar makes progress visible in a way a project status report never will.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Integration and Data Maturity Index?
A free self-assessment from Made In Tandem that measures how well a company connects its systems and manages its data. It scores four dimensions (Technical, Organizational, Cultural, and Business Outcomes) across five maturity levels and produces a radar-chart profile with separate integration and data readings.
What happened to the Integration Maturity Index (IMI)?
It grew. The IMI measured integration maturity, and in practice every conversation it started was also about data quality, ownership, and trust. The IDMI makes that explicit. Same four dimensions, same five levels, with the questions rewritten to cover both. Old links redirect here.
How long does the assessment take?
About ten minutes. Twenty-four questions, each asking you to pick the description that sounds most like your company. No preparation needed.
Who should take it?
Whoever feels the pain. CEOs, CFOs, COOs, IT directors, and PE operating partners evaluating a portfolio company. It works best when a few leaders take it separately and compare results.
What doesn't the IDMI measure?
Plenty. It doesn't audit regulatory compliance, score your cybersecurity posture, or evaluate specific tools and vendors. It measures the places where mid-market companies most often get hurt, and it says so up front.
Is this a sales pitch?
Made In Tandem is a consultancy, so we won't pretend the IDMI isn't how some conversations with us start. But the assessment is free, the results are yours, and the profile is useful whether or not we ever talk.