capability-maturity-assessment

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

1. Define scale.
2. Gather evidence.
3. Score current maturity.
4. Define target maturity.
5. Identify gaps and risks.
6. Assess importance/urgency.
7. Prioritise actions.
8. 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

• Business Architecture Guild — BIZBOK (capability maturity)
• CMMI Institute overview

Verification

• Required artefacts produced and linked to scope.
• Decisions, assumptions and risks stated explicitly.
• Quality checks or validation performed.
• Files changed reported with traceability preserved.