Free 3-minute assessment

The Hidden Work Audit

What is the cost of making do? Answer six questions to see how well your collections systems work together, and where your team may be losing time.

What you’ll get

See where hidden work builds up.

Disconnected records, manual file handling and fragile integrations quietly absorb staff time across collections, digital, curatorial and IT teams. The audit gives you a clear, practical starting point.

Two scores

System Integration and Cloud & Automation, each scored out of 100.

Your place on the map

See which of four collections technology quadrants best describes your institution today.

Practical next steps

Three recommendations for your quadrant, plus resources you can share with your team.

The Hidden Work Audit

What is the cost of making do?

Answer six quick questions, then add your contact details to see your two scores, your quadrant and practical next steps.

  • 6 questions
  • About 3 minutes
  • Instant results

Resources

See how other institutions reduced hidden work

FAQs

A free, six-question assessment that shows how well your collections records, digital assets and supporting systems work together, and where manual handoffs may be costing your team time.

About three minutes. Answer six multiple-choice questions, add your contact details and your results appear straight away.

System Integration measures how connected your records, digital assets, metadata and access are. Cloud & Automation measures how much of your infrastructure, ingestion and maintenance is managed or automated. Each is scored from 0 to 100.

Patchwork & Manual, Cloud-Forward Disconnected, Connected Capacity-Constrained and Connected & Scalable. Your position on the map shows where hidden work is most likely to build up and what to focus on next.

No. It is an educational self-assessment with provisional 50-point thresholds, designed to start a useful conversation inside your institution rather than to rank organizations.

Collections, registrar, digital asset, curatorial, IT and leadership staff at museums, archives, libraries and other cultural institutions. Results are most useful when several team members compare answers.

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Yes. When your results appear, choose “Have a specialist contact me” and our team will follow up about your score and practical next steps.

Let’s talk about your results

Want to talk through your results?

Our team can help you map the handoffs behind your score and plan a practical next step.

Fewer handoffs.

Less re-entry.

Clearer systems.

More time for collections.