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| Type | Instrument |
|---|---|
| Issuing authority | Saudi Data & AI Authority / National Data Management Office (SDAIA / NDMO) |
| Framework | Data Management & Governance |
| Tier | Rules, controls & standards |
| Legal status | Binding |
Operational Excellence (OE) is one of the three components of SDAIA's National Data Index (NDI), alongside Compliance and Maturity. Where those components assess what entities say they do, OE measures actual performance: the efficiency and effectiveness of a government entity's data-management operations, computed from telemetry on the SDAIA-operated National Data Platforms: the Government Service Bus, National Data Lake, Collaborative Data Labs, Data Marketplace, National Data Catalog and Reference Data Platform.
The document defines the OE calculation approach and its measurable metrics across six data-management domains: Data Sharing and Interoperability, Open Data, Data Catalog and Metadata, Reference and Master Data Management, Data Quality and Data Operations. Each metric has a defined structure, thresholds and ranges; performance targets are set by SDAIA, with each entity responsible for meeting and following up on them.
First issued in October 2023, the specification evolves rapidly: the hosted version 5.0 (October 2025) adds new sharing and quality metrics and updates the score equation, so the metric set should be treated as a living instrument.
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