Matter Data Group maps how data actually moves through your firm — intake, systems, third-party interfaces — before anyone proposes a fix. Findings first. Fixed price second.
Discovery Assessments are billed hourly against a stated not-to-exceed cap — no blind estimates, no open-ended bills.
Every engagement follows the same logic: understand the environment before pricing a fix. You can stop after Discovery with no obligation to continue.
A bounded, not-to-exceed review of your data environment — inputs, outputs, systems, and structural key fields. Delivered as a written findings report.
Hourly · NTE capA fixed-price engagement built directly from Discovery findings — a defined deliverable, defined acceptance criteria, no open-ended pricing.
Fixed priceContinuing access to strategic data leadership on a quarterly basis — for firms that need standing capacity, not a bounded deliverable.
Quarterly retainerEach is a standalone agreement — you choose the level of commitment that matches what you actually need right now.
An independent inventory of how data enters your firm, where it lives, and how it moves — including a Level-0 data flow diagram and a structural key-field inventory.
A fixed-price engagement scoped from your Discovery findings — a specific deliverable with acceptance criteria both sides agree to up front.
Ongoing, part-time access to data strategy and governance expertise — functioning as your firm's fractional Chief Data Officer.
"We're not asked to accept a blind fixed-price guess, and clients aren't asked to give away the expertise it takes to size a project correctly."
Matter Data Group is a data advisory practice built for firms that handle high-volume claimant and settlement data — where getting the data environment wrong has real downstream cost.
We don't propose fixes before we understand the environment. Every engagement starts with findings, not assumptions, and every fixed price is built from those findings, not a cold estimate.
Tell us what's prompting the inquiry and we'll follow up to discuss whether a Discovery Assessment, a scoped project, or a retainer fits best.