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.
See Anchoring dimension →- 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.
See QAM™ →- 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.
See QCM™ →- QCP™Change Complexity ProfileInstrument
QCP measures programme-level change complexity across six independent complexity dimensions: Reach, Depth, Pace, Tension, Novelty, and Coupling.
See QCP™ →- QET™Intervention Effectiveness TrackerInstrument
QET closes the loop between interventions and outcomes by logging every change intervention and scoring observed movement against expected movement.
See QET™ →- QIP™Change Impact ProfileInstrument
QIP measures change impact severity for each impacted stakeholder group across five impact dimensions.
See QIP™ →- Qognexus™Qognexus™ Full AssessmentInstrument
The full Qognexus™ instrument delivers group-level readiness profiles across all six dimensions.
See Qognexus™ →- 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.
See QPR™ →- 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.
See QQD™ →- 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.
See QRP™ →- 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.
See QRT™ →- 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.
See QSM™ →- 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.