Company Definition Maturity Model

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1	In the Summer of 2012, I participated in the Saunders Summer Startup program at the Rochester Institute of Technology. During that program, they gave us a sheet of paper that looked similar to whats included here. This acted as a self-assessed progress check that provided a psuedo-quantifiable means of determining how "mature" your company definition is. While not necessary, I think this tool has been helpful for me to know where my efforts need to be spent. For example, I quite often get sucked too much into the engineering side of the house and can easily forget about other areas of the business that need as much, if not more, love and attention. How I use this sheet First, the "Dimensions" sheet should not be touched unless you know what you're doing. This sheet defines the various dimensions that we were assessed on during our startup program and the possible values we can fall in to. The "Growth" tab can be useful for visualizing changes in the company's maturity definition over time. Finally, the "Latest" tab is likely where you'll do all your work. You don't need to update it religiously, but keeping it up to date can be extremely helpful. When I update the "Latest" sheet, I like to make a duplicate of the sheet and name it the date I updated it (i.e. 2024-07-01). This gives me a historical record of the changes that make it easy to reference from the "Growth" sheet. If you're not interested in keeping up with the changes over time, feel free to delete "Growth" and just focus on the "Latest" sheet. DO NOT DELETE THE DIMENSIONS SHEET! Get Started To get started, make a copy of this workbook so you can actually fill it in. Remember to be honest with yourself as you go through this assessment. It's a tool for YOUR benefit, and no one elses. Once you have a copy, open the Latest sheet. 1. Start by filling in the date in the upper left. 2. Take some time your first time through to fill in an honest assessment of where you are in column B. Select the appropriate statement from the dropdown (a numeric value will automataically be assigned based on your selection). 3. After completing column B, transfer your values to column D. Identify one or two values in column D that you would like to focus on or progress toward and select the next value. 4. Once you reach the max value for the dimension in column B, it should turn green. You can certainly continue to iterate on the dimension, and there is certainly no harm in doing so. 5. Make a duplicate of the Latest sheet and rename it to match the date filled in B1. Be sure to add an entry to the Growth sheet (if you decide to use it). 6. Wash, rinse, repeat with every subsequent entry. Cheers, ~ Mya Jaye (2024)

In the Summer of 2012, I participated in the Saunders Summer Startup program at the Rochester Institute of Technology. During that program, they gave us a sheet of paper that looked similar to whats included here. This acted as a self-assessed progress check that provided a psuedo-quantifiable means of determining how "mature" your company definition is.

While not necessary, I think this tool has been helpful for me to know where my efforts need to be spent. For example, I quite often get sucked too much into the engineering side of the house and can easily forget about other areas of the business that need as much, if not more, love and attention.

How I use this sheet

First, the "Dimensions" sheet should not be touched unless you know what you're doing. This sheet defines the various dimensions that we were assessed on during our startup program and the possible values we can fall in to. The "Growth" tab can be useful for visualizing changes in the company's maturity definition over time. Finally, the "Latest" tab is likely where you'll do all your work. You don't need to update it religiously, but keeping it up to date can be extremely helpful.

When I update the "Latest" sheet, I like to make a duplicate of the sheet and name it the date I updated it (i.e. 2024-07-01). This gives me a historical record of the changes that make it easy to reference from the "Growth" sheet. If you're not interested in keeping up with the changes over time, feel free to delete "Growth" and just focus on the "Latest" sheet. DO NOT DELETE THE DIMENSIONS SHEET!

Get Started

To get started, make a copy of this workbook so you can actually fill it in. Remember to be honest with yourself as you go through this assessment. It's a tool for YOUR benefit, and no one elses. Once you have a copy, open the Latest sheet.

1. Start by filling in the date in the upper left.

2. Take some time your first time through to fill in an honest assessment of where you are in column B. Select the appropriate statement from the dropdown (a numeric value will automataically be assigned based on your selection).

3. After completing column B, transfer your values to column D. Identify one or two values in column D that you would like to focus on or progress toward and select the next value.

4. Once you reach the max value for the dimension in column B, it should turn green. You can certainly continue to iterate on the dimension, and there is certainly no harm in doing so.

5. Make a duplicate of the Latest sheet and rename it to match the date filled in B1. Be sure to add an entry to the Growth sheet (if you decide to use it).

6. Wash, rinse, repeat with every subsequent entry.

Cheers,

~ Mya Jaye (2024)