The model aims at assisting organizations identify the processes or work practices that they have in place in the organization and those that they should consider implementing. Through an effective use of two representations, an organization can use the same data and information to measure the capability of each process being used as well as measuring the relationships between these processes across the organization, thus identifying the maturity (or capability knowledge base) within the organization.
The model can be used for measurement, but also for benchmarking an organization against its partners and competitors, selecting suppliers based on the probability that the supplier will be able to deliver as required or improving the quality of the products and services of the organization. The result of improving the quality will lead to increased satisfaction of both customers and team members, leading to retention of staff and decreased cost of quality.
The models do not seek to establish the manner in which practices need to be performed but look at the results of those practices in order to determine the level of understanding or knowledge and organization has about its own strengths and weaknesses.
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