MCDS Playbook & Readiness Assessment
- elizabethsalamakha
- Oct 28, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 1
Prepare Your Institution for MCDS Adoption
As co-creators of the MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data Standard (MCDS), Ingenuity Partners has developed two free resources to help higher education institutions around the world understand, assess, and plan their response to this sector-disrupting data standard.
These resources are designed to guide IT leaders and institutional decision-makers through every stage of MCDS readiness, from understanding impact to crafting a response plan and building a business case for adoption.
What’s Inside the MCDS Resource Hub
Our MCDS Resource Hub provides two complimentary assets to help your team move from awareness to action.
The MCDS Playbook for Institutions
The MCDS Playbook is a practical, end-to-end guide that covers:
What MCDS is and why it is a critical enabler to transforming higher education
The key benefits, use cases and strategic advantages of adopting MCDS
How to assess the institutional impact of MCDS across 9 key dimensions
A structured approach and considerations Institutions should take in developing their MCDS response plan and roadmap
How Ingenuity Partners can help institutions understand the impact and plan their response to MCDS
Built for CIO’s, enterprise architects and a broad range of other institutional stakeholder, the playbook provides deep insight into MCDS to support strategic alignment and response planning.
The MCDS Self-Assessment Framework Template
The MCDS Self-Assessment Template (editable PowerPoint template) gives institutions a structured way to:
Quickly evaluate and understand MCDS impact to your institution across 9 key dimensions
Identify where to focus your response planning and how urgently you should face into MCDS adoption based on your unique circumstances
Create a shareable, data-driven artefact that can be used to communicate the relevance of MCDS to your institutional stakeholders and start building the case for adoption
We believe that only by properly understanding the impact of MCDS across your institution can you start the journey to define an appropriate response.
Why Ingenuity Partners
At Ingenuity Partners, we don’t just understand MCDS, we co-created it.
As founding members and co-architects of the MortarCAPS standard, our team brings unmatched insight into its structure, implementation, and long-term institutional value.
Our expertise extends beyond the standard itself. We’ve worked with universities and education departments across Australia to define technology strategy, modernise architecture, and deliver scalable digital platforms that improve student and staff experience.
Partner with the team that helped create the standard.
Download the MCDS Playbook and Self-Assessment today to start shaping your MCDS response plan.
Implement MCDS with confidence
Explore how Ingenuity Partners supports universities in planning, implementing, and realising value from the MortarCAPS Higher Learning Data Standard.
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