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# How Do I Measure My Company's Process Maturity?
- URL: https://blog.jestor.com/process-maturity-diagnosis/
- Published: 2026-09-04T20:09:20.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-04T20:09:20.000Z
- Author: Bruno Bannach

To measure process maturity at a company, you need to assess four factors: standardization, documentation, automation, and performance indicators, comparing each process to a level ranging from informal to fully data-managed.

Many managers feel that the operation "works," but cannot say precisely what level it is at. This usually shows up when a process depends on one specific person, when there is no documented step-by-step, or when no one can point to a reliable performance indicator.

This diagnosis matters because it guides where to invest first. It makes no sense to automate a process that is not even standardized yet, and there is no point documenting a process that changes shape every week with no control at all.

Doing this diagnosis in a structured way avoids two common mistakes: investing in automation too early and continuing to operate by improvisation for lack of a clear view of the problem.

## Signs that a process has low maturity

- Depends on one person's knowledge to work
- There is no documentation of how the process should happen
- Each execution follows a different path
- There is no indicator of time, cost, or quality
- Errors repeat without anyone investigating the cause
- Adjustments are made reactively, without planned review

## Process maturity levels, from simplest to most advanced

- Informal level: the process exists in practice, but is not documented or standardized
- Standardized level: there is a defined step-by-step followed by the team
- Managed level: the process has indicators and is tracked regularly
- Automated level: repetitive stages run without constant manual intervention
- Optimized level: process data feeds continuous improvement decisions

## How to run a maturity diagnosis in practice

- List the operation's critical processes before assessing anything
- Interview the people who run the process day to day, not just whoever designed it
- Record average time, error rate, and volume for each stage
- Classify each process at a maturity level
- Prioritize improvements by the processes with the highest impact and lowest maturity

## How Jestor supports this diagnosis

- **Jestor** centralizes execution data (time per phase, SLA, volume) that serves as an objective base for measuring maturity
- With Kanban & Pipe, you can see at what phase each process gets stuck most often
- 360 management dashboards and indicators show the process's real behavior, not the idealized version
- The Chat with Data feature lets you ask about the operation in natural language, without needing to build a report manually

## Frequently asked questions

**What is process maturity?** It is the degree of standardization, control, and automation a process has, from fully informal to data-managed.

**How do I know if a process is at the informal level?** If there is no documentation or indicator and each execution is different, the process is still informal. See more at [jestor.com](https://www.jestor.com/?ref=blog.jestor.com).

**Why measure maturity before automating?** Automating a process without standardization just repeats the same error at scale, instead of solving it.

**How often should I reassess process maturity?** Ideally every six months or whenever operation volume changes significantly.

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