Episode 27 – BPM & EA Maturity
Welcome to another episode of our podcast. Today’s topic is about growing the practice by assessing and developing the maturity of your BPM or EA Maturity.
In this episode of the podcast we are talking about:
- What is maturity and which three areas you should focus on (content, governance, adoption)
- Assessment of capabilities (5 big buckets)
- What to rate the maturity against, e.g., CMMI
- An example of how an assessment can be built and used on a regular basis
- How to grow the maturity over time
- Tips on how to get the full picture on where you are on your journey (individual maturity vs. organizational maturity)
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Ep. 27 – BPM & EA Maturity – What's Your Baseline? Enterprise Architecture & Business Process Management Demystified
Additional information
- In this episode we made some references to previous episodes
- The three areas of a successful implementation

- Five capability areas of an architecture practice – also see this article: https://www.whatsyourbaseline.com/2021/06/ea-capability-model/

- A few resources for maturity scales
- https://cmmiinstitute.com/learning/appraisals/levels
- https://www.isaca.org/resources/news-and-trends/industry-news/2020/effective-capability-and-maturity-assessment-using-cobit-2019
- https://www.axelos.com/for-organizations/itil-maturity-model
- https://www.gartner.com/en/information-technology/insights/gartner-it-score
- https://www.apqc.org/resource-library/resource-listing/apqcs-levels-knowledge-management-maturity
Credits
Music by Jeremy Voltz, www.jeremyvoltzmusic.com
- CP1 (Welcome)
- Lofi Lobby Loop (Interlude 1)
- FC3 (Interlude 2)
- Cowbell (Interlude 3)
- South Wing (Outro)
Roland Woldt has spent nearly 30 years helping organizations cut through complexity — transforming how they think about their architecture, processes, and strategy. A former officer in the German Armed Forces, he has held executive and leadership roles at Accenture, Software AG/IDS Scheer, KPMG, and iGrafx, leading engagements across the full project lifecycle from solution design to rollout.
Roland is the author of Successful Architecture Implementation and Successful Process Mining Projects, and co-hosts the podcast What’s Your Baseline?, where he demystifies Enterprise Architecture and BPM for practitioners worldwide. Learn more at woldt.de.




