MQS™
Founding Cohort: Limited to 20 Practitioners

Become an MQS Certified Practitioner

Deliver standardized metadata health assessments to your clients using the MQS scoring model. A measurement system built for governance professionals, not a generic consulting badge.

Why This Program Exists

Every metadata consultant eventually faces the same question from a client: "How bad is it, really?" Until now, that answer required weeks of discovery and a custom framework. The MQS score gives your clients a defensible, repeatable number in minutes. You bring the expertise. MQS brings the measurement.

Credibility That Transfers

Deliver assessments using a published, standardized scoring model with fixed dimensions and transparent signals. Not your opinion. The data.

Revenue From Day One

Bundle MQS assessments into discovery engagements, migration audits, and governance retainers. Recommended practitioner rate: $1,000 to $1,500 per assessment.

Recurring Client Touchpoints

Quarterly governance audits, post-migration validation, and agency delivery scoring create natural reasons to return. MQS scores track structural health over time.

Warm Referrals

Users who run free MQS assessments and want expert interpretation are referred directly to active practitioners through the MQS report flow.

What Practitioners Deliver

You run the assessment. You interpret the findings. You guide cleanup. MQS handles the measurement. You handle the meaning.

Run MQS Assessments
Upload client CSV exports and generate scored reports on their behalf.
Interpret Findings
Walk clients through dimension scores, signal analysis, and AI Readiness results.
Scope Cleanup
Use signal-level data to identify which governance gaps to address first.
Track Over Time
Run follow-up assessments to show clients structural changes between engagements.

Program Benefits

MQS Certified Practitioner credential
Directory listing with warm referrals
Private Slack community with product team
Access to aggregate benchmark data
Co-published case studies on MQS site
Self-paced training on scoring model
Set your own engagement pricing
No platform fees on consulting revenue
What this program is not

MQS is a standardized measurement system. Practitioners deliver a fixed scoring model, not a customizable score. You cannot modify scoring weights, redefine health bands, alter signal definitions, or present AI Readiness as anything other than an overlay on the core score. The value of the credential depends on the consistency of what it measures. This program is for professionals who want to offer a trusted standard, not a bespoke framework.

Apply to the Founding Cohort

We review every application individually. The founding cohort is limited to 20 practitioners with active client commitments in metadata governance, DAM, PIM, taxonomy, or content operations.

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How many client metadata assessments do you expect to run per year?
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What role would MQS assessments play in your practice? (Minimum 50 characters)
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MQS is a trademark of Stacks, LLC. By submitting this application you agree to be contacted about the practitioner program.