The first step in beginning to identify corporate complexity should be to perform an assessment. Results of the complexity assessment are used to define the most cost-effective, appropriate complexity implementation plan to meet corporate goals.
The complexity assessment is performed to measure the potential for practicing complexity in a corporation, to determine if the corporation is ready to embark on a complexity reduction program, and to define where to focus its efforts to gain the maximum benefit. The emphasis is on a business viewpoint, looking at the reasons why complexity has evolved, how a reduction policy and the introduction of simplicity can help, and the expected business value to be gained from complexity reduction or elimination. The result of the complexity assessment can be used as the basis for defining corporate complexity goals, complexity reduction adoption strategies, the domains in which to practice simplicity instead of complexity, and the complexity reduction program implementation plan.
