White Paper
Data and Operational Readiness for AI
This TDWI research report assesses whether organizations are prepared to deploy AI from data and operational perspectives, drawing primarily on its 2024–2025 AI Readiness Assessment with 240 respondents. It identifies organizational, data, skills and tools, operational, and governance readiness as critical dimensions of AI success, with particular attention to generative and agentic AI. The research finds substantial interest and experimentation but persistent gaps in modern data infrastructure, structured and unstructured data management, governance, accessibility, skills, MLOps, pipelines, deployment, and monitoring. The report recommends strengthening scalable data foundations, vector search and RAG capabilities, governance practices, technical skills, and operational processes so organ
