Assessing Alumni Data Integration Readiness To Support Strategic Decision-Making At SMK Negeri 9 Medan

Abstract

This study aims to demonstrate an assessment approach for alumni data integration readiness
to support strategic decision-making at SMK Negeri 9 Medan. Five dimensions are
considered: data governance, data quality, interoperability, security and privacy, and
organizational readiness, with COBIT 2019 serving as a reference for information and
technology governance. A synthetic dataset representing 30 hypothetical respondents was
created solely to demonstrate the analysis. The illustrative five-point Likert instrument was
converted to a 0–100 index. The simulated overall readiness index is 58.6%; security and
privacy scores highest (71%), while interoperability scores lowest (47%). Compared with an
illustrative target of 80%, interoperability has the largest gap at 33 percentage points. The
results demonstrate how standardization, validation, data ownership, and secure data-sharing
procedures can be prioritized. Because the values are synthetic and were not collected at the
school, they must not be interpreted as empirical findings about SMK Negeri 9 Medan.