Assessments
Business Architecture Current State Assessment
A 90-question, 16-dimension self-scored maturity assessment for business architecture practices, with behaviorally anchored scoring so results are comparable across teams and over time.
What this assessment is for
An assessment scores a practice against defined levels, so results compare across teams and over time.
Teams use it to set a baseline, to find the gaps that matter most, and to measure progress at the next review.
About This Assessment
A structured, self-service assessment for evaluating the maturity of your business architecture practice — approximately 90 questions across 16 dimensions, each scored on a four-point scale, delivered as an editable Word document with a bonus Business Architecture Intro Guide.
Why Calibration Is the Hard Part
A generic AI-generated maturity assessment tends to produce vague, self-report questions — "how mature is your governance, 1 to 10" — that different respondents answer inconsistently because there's no shared definition of what a 4 looks like versus a 2. A usable assessment instrument needs each of its four scoring levels behaviorally anchored to something a respondent can actually check, not judge, and it needs its 16 dimensions genuinely distinct from each other so the same underlying gap doesn't get double-counted as both a "governance" problem and a "stakeholder engagement" problem. Getting that calibration right — and validating it against how business architecture practices actually mature in enterprises, not how a generic maturity-model template assumes any practice matures — is what makes a self-scored assessment trustworthy enough to present to a steering committee.
What's Inside
- 90+ Assessment Questions — organized across 16 dimensions including leadership support, methodology, governance, stakeholder engagement, and agility
- Four-Point Scoring Model — each question offers four choices, enabling self-scoring and benchmarking across dimensions
- Editable Word Format — customize questions, add dimensions, or adapt scoring to your organization's context
- Bonus: Business Architecture Intro Guide — a practical primer on business architecture concepts and best practices
Assessment Dimensions
- Leadership Support and Awareness
- Integration with Strategy Execution
- Methodology, Frameworks, and Governance
- Collaboration with Other Architectural Domains
- Team Composition, Competence, and Training
- Deliverables Quality, Stakeholder Engagement, and Scalability
How Teams Use It
- Establish a quantitative baseline before launching improvement initiatives
- Identify specific gaps and strengths dimension by dimension instead of one overall impression
- Track maturity over time by re-running the same calibrated instrument
- Present a defensible, scored case for practice investment to a steering committee
Who It's For
Business architects, BA practice leads, enterprise architects, and consultants evaluating organizational BA readiness.