Act · Maturity assessment

How ready are you to turn decisions into action?

The Act step executes the chosen Action. This model assesses whether decisions reliably produce coordinated human and AI action at a scope appropriate to evidence, consequence, and policy.

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Assessment flow

Where does your enterprise stand on acting?

Find the level that best describes how reliably people, systems, and AI turn decisions into results.

1. Reactive

Execution is weakly connected to decision rationale.

Assessment rule

One-off tasks, handoffs, or isolated automation carry out work.

Build a minimum baseline.

2. Defined

Selected Actions have defined execution patterns.

Assessment rule

Scope, measurement, authority, escalation, and intervention points are defined for selected Actions.

Connect intent to delivery.

3. Integrated

Execution is coordinated and controlled to intended outcomes.

Assessment rule

People, systems, agents, and workflows execute Actions whose scope and controls reflect Evidence Confidence and Consequence.

Instrument with evidence.

4. Adaptive

Action scope adjusts to observed evidence within guardrails.

Assessment rule

Actions expand, contract, pause, or redirect based on observed evidence while staying within approved limits.

Extend learning across capabilities.

5. Neural

Coordinated human and AI action executes at the appropriate scope by default.

Assessment rule

Full deployment, bounded rollout, controlled experimentation, and human-approved execution run through the same Action model.

Sustain durable trust and learning.

This is a diagnostic, not a certification. Score Act using the highest level for which the observable behaviors are consistently true. If behavior is inconsistent, score the lower level.

What this model assesses

Eight lenses on how well your enterprise can act.

Each lens is a sub-dimension of Act. It names what we measure and the evidence sources we review, such as systems, artifacts, and leadership practices, to see how consistently your enterprise performs.

01

Coordination

Whether people, systems, agents, and workflows execute as one coordinated Action.

  • Workflow traces
  • Orchestration records
02

Scope to evidence and consequence

Whether execution scope matches the evidence and the cost of being wrong.

  • Rollout scope
  • Scope rationale
03

Authority boundaries

Whether execution stays within approved decision rights and autonomy limits.

  • Delegation records
  • Guardrail configuration
04

Intervention and reversibility

Whether work can be paused, redirected, escalated, or reversed when needed.

  • Intervention paths
  • Stop controls
  • Rollback
05

Measurement in execution

Whether each Action carries a measurement plan tied to its intended outcome.

  • Measurement plans
  • Instrumentation
06

Dynamic adjustment

Whether scope changes safely as evidence arrives.

  • Change logs
  • Scope adjustments
07

Orchestration and integration

Whether execution is orchestrated across functions rather than locally stitched.

  • Integration architecture
  • Cross-functional traces
08

Autonomy observability

Whether autonomous action is observable, bounded, and reversible.

  • Autonomy logs
  • Monitoring
  • Audit trails

Associated solutions

Solution pathways to shape together.

The Slalom capabilities, accelerators, and delivery patterns that help your enterprise act with greater speed and confidence.

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Arriving January 2027

Pathways taking shape

We're connecting proven Slalom accelerators into the act stage of the loop — ready to move your enterprise from insight to outcome.