Most asset management processes and deliverables can be traced back to five fundamental corporate datasets. Consequently, the scope and quality of these datasets act as a limiting factor – they predetermine how far up the asset management maturity curve an organisation is capable of progressing.

Unlike other limiting factors in asset management (strategy misalignment, lack of resourcing, etc.) dataset limitations are often intractable and require large investments in time, capital and organisational change management to alleviate.