Qognexus™ Framework - Glossary

Every acronym in the framework, in one place.

The Qognexus™ Framework uses a compact vocabulary of dimensions, instruments, and derived scores. This page lists every term, grouped by type and alphabetised, so you can look up anything you encounter elsewhere on the site without losing your place.

Six dimensions

Dimensions

AnchoringDimension

Measures whether incentives, processes, and performance systems actively reinforce the new way of working - or silently tolerate regression.

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GroundingDimension

Measures practical competence: the ability to perform, not just describe, the new way of working.

See Grounding dimension →
IntentDimension

Measures genuine motivation, active commitment, and willingness to change established habits.

See Intent dimension →
LeadershipDimension

Measures the quality and reach of sponsorship, from executive commitment through to frontline manager activation.

See Leadership dimension →
NeedDimension

Measures whether competing demands, workload pressure, and change saturation will undermine adoption even where will and capability exist.

See Need dimension →
SignalDimension

Measures clarity of understanding: rationale, scope, timeline, and personal implications.

See Signal dimension →

The instrument family

Instruments

QAM™Sponsor Accountability MatrixInstrument

QAM builds a structured sponsor accountability plan using the Qognexus™ Sponsor Action Typology.

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QCM™Qognexus™ Change Capability ModelInstrument

QCM is a maturity assessment instrument that measures the organisation's structural capability to manage change as an ongoing competency.

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QCP™Change Complexity ProfileInstrument

QCP measures programme-level change complexity across six independent complexity dimensions: Reach, Depth, Pace, Tension, Novelty, and Coupling.

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QET™Intervention Effectiveness TrackerInstrument

QET closes the loop between interventions and outcomes by logging every change intervention and scoring observed movement against expected movement.

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QIP™Change Impact ProfileInstrument

QIP measures change impact severity for each impacted stakeholder group across five impact dimensions.

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Qognexus™Qognexus™ Full AssessmentInstrument

The full Qognexus™ instrument delivers group-level readiness profiles across all six dimensions.

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QPR™Programme Risk ScoreInstrument

QPR ranks a programme’s stakeholder groups by risk of adoption failure and names the dimensions driving each ranking. It is deterministic, its weights are published, and every score is reproducible from its inputs.

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QQD™Qognexus™ Quick DiagnosticInstrument

QQD™ is the entry-point instrument. It runs 12 questions at programme level and produces a QQD Readiness Index, a six-dimension heatmap, and a recommended intervention intensity path.

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QRP™Resistance Pulse MonitorInstrument

QRP tracks active resistance during rollout with a short pulse of five questions. It runs as a 5-question pulse instrument every two weeks.

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QRT™Qognexus™ Resistance TypologyInstrument

QRT classifies resistance by type rather than treating it as a single monolithic force. Each of five types is rooted in a specific Qognexus™ dimension, so the type names what the group needs rather than how loudly it objects.

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QSM™Change Saturation MonitorInstrument

QSM combines three streams into one Change Saturation Index from 0 to 100: the load of every active programme on a group, weighted by its complexity and delivery stage; the density of interventions aimed at the group in the last four weeks; and the group’s Need scores across programmes. The index is capped at 100.

See QSM™ →
QVT™Qognexus™ Velocity TrackerInstrument

QVT is a calculated instrument built from sequential Qognexus™ pulse assessments.

See QVT™ →

Composite outputs

Derived scores

CSIChange Saturation IndexDerived score

QSM™ output. A per-group saturation score across all active programmes that indicates when a stakeholder group is approaching or has exceeded its change absorption capacity.

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MXIMaturity IndexDerived score

QCM™ output. Classifies organisational change capability into four levels (Unstructured → Optimising) based on six capability dimensions.

See QCM™ →
QIISQognexus™ Intervention Intensity ScoreDerived score

Combines QQD™ readiness and QCP™ complexity into a recommended intervention intensity path: Light-Touch Support, Targeted Intervention, or Full Assurance Programme.

See QCP™ →
Qognexus™ ScoreOverall Qognexus™ ScoreDerived score

The group-level composite score produced by a full Qognexus™ assessment across all six dimensions. Used alongside dimension-specific scores to surface critical flags and intervention triggers per group.

See Qognexus™ Full Assessment →
QQDRIQQD™ Readiness IndexDerived score

The single headline score produced by the QQD™ diagnostic. Classifies a programme into one of five readiness bands (Optimally Ready → Not Ready) and is the programme-level baseline that the rest of the framework extends.

See QQD™ →

Next step

See the terms in their full context.

Every entry links back to its full definition. Start with the six dimensions, or go straight to the instrument family.