What Are the 11 Dimensions?
Your Knowledge Architecture spans 11 dimensions covering 50 categories — from Purpose to Temporal Architecture. A typical build takes 3-4 hours.
Your Knowledge Architecture is organized across 11 dimensions. They follow the life story of a company — from why it exists to what it has learned along the way.
D01 — Purpose Architecture (2 categories). What does your company believe? Identity & Purpose (mission, founding story, cultural self-description, competitive approach), Values (stated vs. lived).
D02 — Legal Existence (4 categories). What are you, legally? Entity structure, ownership, jurisdictional footprint.
D03 — Governance (4 categories). Who decides what, and how? Decision authority, approval processes, board structure, delegation patterns.
D04 — Regulatory & Compliance (5 categories). What rules are you playing by? Regulatory landscape, compliance posture, data governance, and Cybersecurity Preparedness.
D05 — Financial Architecture (6 categories). How does money flow through your system? Revenue model, pipeline, cost structure, financial health, capital, and Expenditure Architecture.
D06 — Human Architecture (6 categories). Who are the people, and how are they organized? Org structure, talent profile, attrition, employee & culture signals, team capacity, and HR & Employee Policies.
D07 — Operational Architecture (9 categories). How does work actually get done? Sales process, service, delivery, activity patterns, technology stack, KPIs, AI & Automation Posture, and Research & Development.
D08 — Market Architecture (5 categories). What forces are acting on you from outside? Competition, market position, demand channels, customer architecture, and Disruption & Change Forces (AI impact, workforce disruption, supply chain, climate, tech obsolescence).
D09 — Strategic Architecture (5 categories). Where are you going, and what's in the way? Priorities, strategic bets, pressure points, risk, and Investment & Acquisition Strategy.
D10 — Relationship Architecture (4 categories). Who are you connected to, and how? Partnerships, vendors, investors, ecosystem position.
D11 — Temporal Architecture (4 categories). What have you learned from where you've been? Growth trajectory, pivots, institutional memory, organizational evolution.
Together, these 11 dimensions contain 50 categories covering every aspect of a company's knowledge. A typical build session takes 3-4 hours.
Categories that may not apply. Some categories — D07 Sales Process, D07 Service Process, D07 R&D, D07 AI & Automation, D09 Investment & Acquisition Strategy — can be marked Not Applicable if they don't apply to your company. Marked categories are excluded from gap analysis and don't impact your activation level.
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