# Mittelstand: Data Strategy Without a Data Team of Your Own

Target state, operating model and governance in four to six weeks. Vendor-neutral, engaged quarterly, operations in-house or in European infrastructure.

Dargestellte Fassung: https://simo-online.com/en/why-simo/mid-market

## Business Data Strategy for the German Mittelstand

Mid-market

No data team of your own? That is the normal case. We advise on the target state, the operating model and governance, without tying you to a US vendor.

What mid-market clients get at SIMO

- Advice from the people who are accountable for it. The managing directors work on the engagement themselves.
- Vendor-neutral. We earn nothing on your licenses, which is why we can also tell you which ones you do not need.
- Quarterly engagement instead of a three-year contract. You decide again at the end of every quarter.
- Operations in-house or in European infrastructure, your choice. No US contract terms.
- As a rule, a target state within four to six weeks, tested against your actual situation and not against a model case.

From the discovery call to a dependable effect in six weeks

An approach with five stages over six weeks. This is the typical sequence; how long it actually takes depends on your starting position.

## Discovery call

Day 0

30 minutes, free of charge

## Assessment

Week 1

situation and trigger

## Target state

Week 2–3

tested against your situation

## Trial

Week 4–5

in the department

## In effect

Week 6

first benefit evidenced

Renewable quarterly, no three-year commitment.

Timeline with five milestones from day 0 to week 6, from the free initial conversation to the first proven benefit.