QMS, CAPA & Quality System Management worked example

Quality System Maturity Score with severity of quality-system gap of 3 score: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop severity of quality-system gap to 3 score, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate quality system maturity for qms, capa and quality system management using production-ready inputs so teams can rank risks and decide which issue needs containment, controls, or escalation first.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Severity of quality-system gap: 3 score (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 6)
  • Likelihood the gap occurs: 4 score (held at the documented default)
  • Likelihood the gap goes undetected: 3 score (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Quality system maturity risk score = quality system maturity severity score × quality system maturity occurrence score × quality system maturity detection score.
  • Quality system maturity risk score works out to 3.35 score at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Quality system maturity severity score works out to 3 score at these inputs.
  • Quality system maturity occurrence score works out to 4 score at these inputs.
  • Quality system maturity detection score works out to 3 score at these inputs.

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 26.37% below the baseline at 3.35 score.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to severity of quality-system gap, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. The score is only as consistent as the scoring scale behind it; because the three factors are multiplied, a change of one rating point can swing the result sharply, so apply the same anchored scale across every gap you compare.

Results at a glance

  • Quality system maturity risk score: 3.35 score (headline result)
  • Quality system maturity severity score: 3 score
  • Quality system maturity occurrence score: 4 score
  • Quality system maturity detection score: 3 score

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Quality System Maturity Score calculator, set severity of quality-system gap to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.