Growing Up and Maturing (Levels)

The Maturity Framework categorizes organizational development into stages resembling human life: from ‘Infant/Declining’ (non-existent or immature processes) to ‘Super Heroes’ (fully integrated and high-performing systems). It proposes six levels, encouraging organizations to reflect on their growth and structure. The aim is to enhance understanding and application of maturity concepts.

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Stumbling into Maturity (Frameworks)

Maturity Frameworks are a fixture in audit, IT, and the consulting fields. This memory-jog-post discusses their origin, components, challenges, and criticisms. Like most models, their utility is as a guide rather than definitive solution. A literature (scholarly, grey-literature, AI, etc.) also yielded 23 sample frameworks which are used to supplement the following analysis.

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