| name | capability-maturity-assessment |
| description | Assesses current and target maturity, gaps, risks and roadmap priorities. Use when prioritising capability improvement or planning architecture roadmaps. |
Capability Maturity Assessment
When to use
Use when prioritising capability improvement.
Objective
Produce a practical, concise, traceable architecture artefact that a coding agent can use to guide implementation or review.
Procedure
- Define scale.
- Gather evidence.
- Score current maturity.
- Define target maturity.
- Identify gaps and risks.
- Assess importance/urgency.
- Prioritise actions.
- Define roadmap increments.
Required outputs
- Maturity scale
- Current/target scores
- Evidence
- Gaps and risks
- Prioritised roadmap
Best-practice alignment
Align with BIZBOK business architecture practice: keep capabilities, value streams, processes, organisation, information concepts, initiatives and metrics separate, then link them from strategy to execution.
Quality checks
- Scores are evidence-based.
- Not every capability targets highest maturity.
- Priorities explain value/risk.
Avoid
Do not score maturity by opinion alone.
Mini example
For Manage Supplier Risk, use a five-level maturity scale with evidence for policy coverage, data quality, automated monitoring and remediation cadence. A current score of 2 and target of 4 may be justified for regulated suppliers, while low-risk office suppliers stay at 2. Prioritise actions by business exposure, not by a blanket maturity target.
References
Verification
