Deployment

Definition:

"Deployment" refers to the extent to which an approach is applied in addressing the requirements of the Baldrige Criteria Item. Deployment is evaluated on the basis of the breadth and depth of application of approach to relevant work units throughout the organization.

Features:

- Relevance

- Complete coverage

- Consistency

- Breadth across all work units

- Depth through multiple levels

Questions to be asked in analyzing deployment:

- What information is provided to show what is done in different parts of the organization (early stages, well deployed but with some variation among areas/work units, well deployed with no significant gaps, fully deployed)?

Deployment is one of the dimensions considered in evaluating Process Items. For a more comprehensive description of how deployment is used in evaluating Process Items, see the Scoring System.

Deployment is also an A-D-L-I scoring dimension in the Process Scoring Guidelines.

Go to related Baldrige Best Practices (click to access):

• Deployment

The term "deployment [deploy]" appears in the Baldrige Criteria in the following locations:

• Item 1.1, Area 1.1a(1)

• Item 1.2, Area 2.2a(1,2,5)

• Item 3.2, Area 3.2a(2)

• Item 4.1, Area 4.1b(2)