Assessment criteria are organised into Themes (vertical axis) and Stages (horizontal axis).
- Everyone starts at a Stage 1 maturity, and responding 'Yes' to all the assessment criteria in the Stage 2 column, would result in a Stage 2 maturity.
- Responding 'Yes' to only some of the criteria in the Stage 2 column would result in a Stage 1+ maturity.
- Responding with 'Yes' at higher stages, if all the responses in earlier stages are not 'Yes', will only receive 'partial' weighting towards a higher maturity.