Assessment and Health Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory - Capabilities Inventory and Attributes

Assessment and Health Attributes for the Capabilities Inventory

(Chapter 14 of Capabilities Inventory and Attributes)

Executive Summary: Chapter Overview

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The Bottom Line

This chapter defines assessment attributes that evaluate capability maturity, gap severity, and overall health so decision-makers can prioritize improvement and investment based on evidence rather than opinion alone.

Core Concepts

Concept	Definition & Strategic Role
Assessed Maturity	Evaluates current performance relative to industry peers and best practices.
Gap Status	Shows the severity of the difference between current and target capability state.
Capability Health Score	Calculates an overall indicator across maturity, alignment, and gap factors.

Quick Q&A

Question: How do assessment attributes support action?

Answer: They convert capability observations into prioritizable signals for investment planning, remediation, and roadmap development.

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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