Hey team! 👋 I am putting the final touches on the "CDMP Accelerator: Pass in 4 Weeks course". My goal is simple: turn this 600-page monster (the DMBOK) into a clear battle plan to get certified in under a month. But to make this surgical, I don't want to guess. I want to build exactly what you need right now. To help me calibrate the content (More basics? More exam traps? More strategy?), please tell me honestly where you are in your CDMP journey: 👇 Click the option that matches your current status:

From this article. A new global report from Hitachi Vantara (Feb 2026) delivers a brutal verdict: AI is stripping the paint off your data infrastructure. The study categorizes organizations into three maturity levels: - Emerging (24%): Stuck in manual processes, risk-averse, unable to scale. - Defined (35%): The "Danger Zone." Making marginal progress but lacking the strategy to truly execute. - Optimized (41%): The winners. They use governance not just for compliance, but for resilience. The Key Stat: 48% of "Optimized" companies use predictive, automated scaling. Only 4% of "Emerging" companies do. The gap isn't closing; it's exploding. If you are in the "Defined" category, you are risking irrelevance. You have the tools, but not the governance backbone to automate them. AI doesn't fix broken processes; it accelerates them. Let’s Discuss: 1. The "Defined" Trap: Many of us feel like we are making progress, but are we just documenting chaos? Are you stuck in the middle? 2. Infrastructure as Governance: The report links "resilience" directly to governance. Do you see your infrastructure team as part of your governance strategy, or are they still siloed?