QMS, CAPA & Quality System Management worked example

Quality System Maturity Score with severity of quality-system gap of 15 score: a worked example

This scenario runs the quality system maturity score calculation on the strong side: severity of quality-system gap of 15 score, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when quality system maturity in qms, capa and quality system management needs a defensible ranking against other qms, capa and quality system management risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Severity of quality-system gap: 15 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 6)
  • Likelihood the gap occurs: 4 score (unchanged)
  • Likelihood the gap goes undetected: 3 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Quality system maturity risk score = quality system maturity severity score × quality system maturity occurrence score × quality system maturity detection score) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8.15 score for quality system maturity risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 15 score for quality system maturity severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4 score for quality system maturity occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 3 score for quality system maturity detection score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where severity of quality-system gap sits at 6 score and the headline result is 4.55 score, this scenario comes in 79.12% above the baseline at 8.15 score.
  • Use it during management review, internal audit follow-up, or QMS maturity assessments to prioritize which systemic gaps to remediate first. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Quality system maturity risk score: 8.15 score (headline result)
  • Quality system maturity severity score: 15 score
  • Quality system maturity occurrence score: 4 score
  • Quality system maturity detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Quality System Maturity Score calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.