Assessment methodology
GROUP 7 assessments are independently completed, consistently scored and explicit about their evidence base. The method is designed to make conclusions explainable, repeatable and useful without overstating what a self-directed assessment can prove.
Questions focus on observable organisational practice rather than asking respondents to make a broad, unsupported judgement about maturity. Guidance, evidence prompts and an explicit route for uncertainty reduce forced certainty.
Question sets, pillars, scoring rules and report logic are versioned. This preserves the basis of an assessment and supports consistent interpretation when the framework develops over time.
Defined response anchors, weights and maturity thresholds create repeatable scores. Narrative findings do not silently change the underlying assessment result.
The report records coverage, evidence strength, supporting and contradicting signals, and limitations. Confidence provides context for a conclusion; it is not presented as statistical certainty.
Material findings and recommendations retain references to the rules, pillars and question evidence that produced them, creating an auditable path from response to priority.
Recommendations are prioritised and arranged into near-term horizons so an executive team can distinguish immediate controls from the capability work that follows.
Scope and limitations
Current public framework: assessment content v1.2. Product-specific question-set and report versions are retained with each assessment.
