What do you think? Are most "maturity assessments" just a way for a product or service company to sell you stuff? Is maturity a useful tool, or is gap better? Share your thoughts!
I love the ad hock "think and drink" meetings, though these days it usually a lemon cayenne Kevita vs a Brewski. :) One related area I'd like to hear your pov on is when it makes sense to stay where you are because closing the gap isn't sustainable from a cost benefit analysis. For example, I've seen IT orgs that over spend trying to close a gap or increase maturity that has little payoff once you get there. One example of this is the cost of rolling out a software asset management organization vs the cost of just addressing asset issues in the business org as they come up. Cheers.
Manny, this is such a great question. It actually ties to the new framework I'm writing. In essence, there is a governance point around returned value and benefit analysis that should be a part of the decision process. If, as you point out, there is no value - and not just financial value - then it seems like a poor investment. With that said, it I also important to look at "imposed constraints". So, will not doing something create a future constraint that impacts something the organization needs to do strategically. As an example, look at the companies that didn't invest in enabling remote employees and working from home because they saw it as having poor ROI. That became a huge constraint once the pandemic hit.
Thank you, this video is great food for thought, not only on how to view these concepts in a professional setting, but also how to apply it for personal development. I often see people excelling in applying conceptual frameworks for their customers/clients, but somehow these people often do not succeed to benefit from their knowledge outside of work.
Thanks for the comment! Both concepts are useful. I think int he work context we too often apply maturity when we mean gap. And personally, we forget that there can be a lot of value in just maturing one level. Sometimes we get so focused on the gap we forget maturity is bebeficial!
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What do you think? Are most "maturity assessments" just a way for a product or service company to sell you stuff? Is maturity a useful tool, or is gap better? Share your thoughts!
I love the ad hock "think and drink" meetings, though these days it usually a lemon cayenne Kevita vs a Brewski. :) One related area I'd like to hear your pov on is when it makes sense to stay where you are because closing the gap isn't sustainable from a cost benefit analysis. For example, I've seen IT orgs that over spend trying to close a gap or increase maturity that has little payoff once you get there. One example of this is the cost of rolling out a software asset management organization vs the cost of just addressing asset issues in the business org as they come up. Cheers.
Manny, this is such a great question. It actually ties to the new framework I'm writing. In essence, there is a governance point around returned value and benefit analysis that should be a part of the decision process. If, as you point out, there is no value - and not just financial value - then it seems like a poor investment.
With that said, it I also important to look at "imposed constraints". So, will not doing something create a future constraint that impacts something the organization needs to do strategically.
As an example, look at the companies that didn't invest in enabling remote employees and working from home because they saw it as having poor ROI. That became a huge constraint once the pandemic hit.
Thank you, this video is great food for thought, not only on how to view these concepts in a professional setting, but also how to apply it for personal development. I often see people excelling in applying conceptual frameworks for their customers/clients, but somehow these people often do not succeed to benefit from their knowledge outside of work.
Thanks for the comment! Both concepts are useful. I think int he work context we too often apply maturity when we mean gap. And personally, we forget that there can be a lot of value in just maturing one level. Sometimes we get so focused on the gap we forget maturity is bebeficial!