Patent ID: 8706684

Claim:
A system to manage data of an enterprise, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory comprises, a definition module defining a data management architecture (DMA) to manage the data, the DMA comprising, an enterprise model for analyzing an enterprise process to create and modify enterprise metadata corresponding to the data of the enterprise generated by the enterprise process, the enterprise metadata and the data being stored in one or more data sources; a set of service tools comprising a report tool, a configure tool, a define tool, an administrative tool, an analytics and collaborate tool, and a job monitor tool, wherein the set of service tools is configured to perform a set of services on the data; wherein the enterprise model couples a plurality of services in the set of services to each other, and wherein the enterprise metadata is integrated with each service tool in the set of service tools; and at least one adapter for communicating with the one or more data sources for extracting the enterprise metadata and the data for processing by the set of services, wherein the system is configured to, determine a service effectiveness index (SEI) for each service in the set of services, based on a set of characteristics corresponding to each service, wherein the set of characteristics include functionality, integration, interoperability, security, collaboration, and adaptability, and wherein the SEI indicates performance level of a corresponding service for defining further improvements to the service; analyze the data to determine a set of metrics including a data quality index, a data value index, a data usage index, and a data effectiveness index, wherein the data is managed based on the set of metrics; and provide the SEI for one or more services in the set of services and the set of metrics corresponding to the data to stakeholders, based on privileges assigned to the stakeholders.