Capabilities Inventory and Attributes - Assessment and Health Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory
Capabilities Inventory and Attributes
Chapter 14. Assessment and Health Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory
Assessment and Health attributes capture the evaluated state of each Capability — how mature it is, where the gaps are, and how its overall health scores when measured against assessed dimensions.
| Attribute Name | Maturity | Description and Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Assessed Maturity | Crawl | Description — A practitioner assessment of how well the enterprise performs this Capability relative to industry peers and best practices. Benefit(s) — The single most valuable attribute for connecting the capability map to investment decisions. Source — Manual Examples — Exceeds Industry, On-Par w/ Industry, Lags Industry, Non-Existing Notes — Valid values: Exceeds Industry, On-Par w/ Industry, Lags Industry, Non-Existing. Assessed annually. |
| Gap Status | Walk | Description — The assessed severity of the gap between the current state of this Capability and the enterprise’s target state. Benefit(s) — Produces a prioritized capability gap register without complex analysis. Source — Manual Examples — No Gap, Minor Gap, Significant Gap, Critical Gap Notes — Valid values: No Gap, Minor Gap, Significant Gap, Critical Gap. |
| Capability Health Score | Run | Description — A calculated 0–100 composite score representing overall health across assessed dimensions: maturity, gap severity, investment alignment, and performance against KPIs. Benefit(s) — Enables portfolio-level capability health dashboards without manual synthesis. Source — Calculated Notes — Calculation methodology is enterprise-defined. Starting approach: weight Assessed Maturity (40%), investment alignment (30%), Gap Status (30%). |
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