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  Strategy Deployment Readiness Assessment

THIS ASSESSMENT DETERMINES HOW WELL YOUR ORGANIZATION demonstrates the characteristics and attributes necessary to successfully implement a business strategy. There are several organizational dimensions that have a major impact on the likelihood that a business can achieve its strategic objectives. By understanding and measuring these dimensions, a business can identify and address issues and barriers that can prevent a good strategy from being achieved.
 

 
   
   
T O COMPLETE THE SURVEY, your candid, objective response is essential to the organization. The diagnostic should only take 10-15 minutes of your time. When you are finished, press the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the of the page and you will be presented with immediate, personalized assessment results including how your response compares with those of previous respondents in our database.
  
   
   
THE FOLLOWING KEY DEFINITIONS should help you complete the diagnostic:

STRATEGY refers to the strategic business plan that describes the overall direction of the organization. It should (1) specify how the business will position itself in the market(s) where it competes, (2) specify the financial and business performance goals, and (3) provide some degree of guidance on the changes required to achieve these goals within 1-3 years.

LEADERSHIP refers to the executive-level business unit or enterprise leadership team.

ORGANIZATION refers to the entire enterprise or the specific business unit where you reside.

DASHBOARDS refer to a carefully-selected family of measures which display the current performance of a few key dimensions of a business or process.
 

 
   
  Demographics  
   
Years with Company		  
  Less than 1 year
 1-3 years
 3 to 5 years 		5 to 10 years
 10 to 20 years
 More than 20 years 		 
   
Industry 		 
  Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting
 Automotive and Aeronautics
 Chemicals, Petrochemicals and Mining
 Consumer Products
 Educational Services
 Engineering and Construction
 Financial Services
 
 Other: 
  		Healthcare Goods and Services
 Hospitality, Retail Food Services,
          Entertainment & Recreation
 Industrial Manufacturing
 Information, Sciences & Technology Services
 Public Administration and Services
 Transportation & Warehousing
 Utilities 		 
   
Company Size 		 
  Less than 100 employees
 100 to 1000
 1000 to 10,000 		10,000 to 25,000
 25,000 to 100,000
 More than 100,000 		 
   
Department or Functional Area 		 
  Executive Leadership / Corporate
Research / New Product Development
Sales / Marketing
Logistics / Shipping / Inventory

 Other: 
 Engineering / Manufacturing / Operation
Finance / Purchasing / Control
Legal / Regulatory / Human Resources
Information Technology / Systems
Communications / Customer Service /
       Public Relations
  		 
     
     
  The Diagnostic  
   
1. Leadership is actively involved in communicating the strategy to me
2. There is a clear link between strategy and business processes
3. I have a clear understanding of what I can do to help my organization achieve its strategic objectives
4. We use process measures to evaluate the success of corrective actions
5. My department uses process maps to describe and evaluate how work is performed
6. The organization rewards and encourages the use of data to support decision making
7. Leadership is actively involved in determining the processes that impact business performance
8. I believe that the strategy is key to our organization's success
9. Our business data includes measures of cause-and-effect relationships inside business processes
10. The strategic planning effort is a meaningful, valuable use of business resources
   
11. Each element of the business strategy has an estimated financial contribution.
12. The strategy has goals and objectives tied to meeting customer requirements
13. I am aware of our performance against customer expectations
14. I have confidence that the goals in the strategy can be achieved
15. People in my department have access to training in the use of process-based improvement and management tools
16. I have access to specialists who are trained in advanced data analysis and process improvement tools
17. I have meaningful, actionable data for the processes with which I am involved
18. Departments are aware of each other's contribution to the success of the company
19. Process performance data is a standard element of regular business reporting
20. Performance management systems include ties to process performance
   
21. Cooperation between departments impacts our business performance in a positive way
22. The strategy helps define our process goals and objectives
23. My organization frequently uses process maps to describe and evaluate how work is performed
24. Process owners use cross-functional teams to help manage and improve processes
25. I have confidence that the executive leadership has developed a well-thought-out strategy
26. My department actively measures the things the customer wants us to measure
27. There is a clearly defined owner for the processes with which I am involved
28. We know how our internal processes support business and customer objectives
29. The relationship between process performance and business outcomes drives our improvement efforts
30. Meeting customer expectations takes precedence over meeting short-term financial objectives
   
31. The strategy is defined in measurable, operational terms
32. I have a clear understanding of customer requirements and specifications
33. Across the organization, we use commonly applied process analysis and improvement methodologies (i.e., Six Sigma, Plan/do/Check/Act, Lean, etc)
34. Cause-and-effect measures are tested and statistically validated
35. I help to develop my role in supporting the strategy
36. Our leadership makes the effort to involve my department in implementing the strategy
37. My department discusses performance measures and corrective actions with other functional areas
38. My department uses the same disciplines and tools for mapping business processes as those used throughout the organization
39. The strategy accurately describes how our business will compete in the market
40. My department invests in the processes that have the most impact on business performance

 
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