0–30
Initial stage
Streamline first
Your company is operating reactively. That is a normal place to start, and it is also the place where automating would do the most damage: automating a process nobody has mapped just makes the problems happen faster. The first move is a process audit, not a tool.
31–60
Developing
Connect what you have
You have pieces in place but no strategic coherence between them. You are likely paying for tools that do not talk to each other, with no clear owner. The gain here is not another tool — it is consolidating what exists and deciding who owns the agenda.
61–80
Foundational
Optimize and extend
You have a real foundation. What is usually missing at this stage is the architecture layer: deciding what gets built next, what gets retired, and how the systems you already run get documented well enough that they survive the person who built them.
81–100
Ahead of the field
Scale what works
You are further along than most companies your size. The next step is scaling what already works without multiplying the maintenance burden, and making sure governance keeps up with the surface area you have built.