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Public Framework

Self-assessment

How well does the institution know its own architecture?

A short questionnaire, organised by the twelve layers of the Public Framework model. You rate each statement from 0 to 4 and get the institution’s maturity profile, with priorities and concrete recommendations for each layer.

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What is assessed

Each layer answers a question about the institution. The statements in the questionnaire check whether the answer exists, is documented and is kept up to date.

  1. Strategy & Public Policy

    3 statements

    Why does the institution act?

  2. Legal Framework

    3 statements

    On what legal basis?

  3. Organisations & Services

    3 statements

    What does the institution offer, and to whom?

  4. Information

    3 statements

    With what information?

  5. Applications

    3 statements

    With what software?

  6. Software Delivery

    3 statements

    How is the software produced?

  7. Deployment & Runtime

    3 statements

    Where and how does it run?

  8. Hosting

    3 statements

    Who hosts it, and where?

  9. Operations & Security

    3 statements

    How is it operated and protected?

  10. Continuity & Fallback

    3 statements

    What happens when the systems fail?

  11. Implementation

    3 statements

    How does the architecture change?

  12. Cross-cutting Concepts

    3 statements

    What conditions, choices and uncertainties shape the architecture?

Maturity scale

The same scale for every statement, so results can be compared across layers and from one assessment to the next.

  1. 0AbsentDoes not exist or is not practised.
  2. 1InitialDone occasionally and depends on particular people.
  3. 2RepeatableUsually done, but not fully documented.
  4. 3DefinedDocumented, applied and has an owner.
  5. 4ManagedMeasured, reviewed and continually improved.

How it works

  1. 1

    You answer

    Work through the layers in any order. Answers are saved straight away, and where a statement does not concern you, you choose “Not applicable”.

  2. 2

    You get the profile

    See the average for each layer, the overall level and the list of priorities, with recommendations and links to the documentation. The report can be printed or saved as PDF.

  3. 3

    You repeat it

    A new assessment shows what has changed since the previous one. Colleagues in the same organisation can read the assessments, so you work on the same priorities.

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