Engineering Maturity for Regulated Industries: A Five-Level Assessment Framework

Level 4

Compliance-native architecture â€” the level where engineering controls satisfy compliance by design, not by audit

Engineering maturity models adapted for regulated industries need to capture something standard maturity models miss: compliance capability is not a separate function from engineering capability. An organisation that has mature software engineering practices but treats compliance as a documentation exercise will fail under examination. The five-level framework described here assesses engineering and compliance capability together, because in regulated industries they cannot be separated. Each level has observable indicators, assessment questions, and a defined set of investments that move an organisation to the next level.

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