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Maturity Roadmap by Stage

The stage-by-stage 12-month plan that complements the MICE Procurement Automation Maturity Model. One page per stage, with prerequisites, the next move, and the exit criteria that tell you when you have actually crossed.

What is inside

  1. Cover and how to use this roadmapWhy a maturity model beats a best-practice list. How to read the stage pages. Where the model is silent.
  2. Stage 0 — Pure emailThe first three moves out of email-only sourcing. One-afternoon plan to reach Stage 1.
  3. Stage 1 — Templated email + spreadsheetThe tool selection process. 14-point procurement checklist summary. Common stalling patterns.
  4. Stage 2 — Dedicated tool, manual workflowsWhy arrival is not the destination. The three additions that move a team to Stage 3.
  5. Stage 3 — Integrated + supplier portalSupplier onboarding sequence. Automation rule prioritisation. Integration order.
  6. Stage 4 — AI-augmented sourcingWhat real Stage 4 looks like versus an AI sticker on Stage 2. Decision-quality measurement.
  7. Stage 5 — Agentic (theoretical)What needs to be true contractually before Stage 5 is real. The Stage 4.5 pilot pattern.
  8. Diagnostic recap and CIPS alignmentThe 12-question scoring sheet. Pentagon radar template. Public sources used (Gartner, CIPS).

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Next step: run the diagnostic to confirm your stage, then open the matching page in the PDF for your 12-month plan.
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How the PDF is meant to be used

The PDF is not a read-cover-to-cover document. It is a stage-specific reference. Run the 12-question diagnostic first, identify your stage, then open the matching page. Each stage page has the same structure: where you are, the three prerequisites that should already be in place, the next move with a 12-month sequence, and the exit criteria that signal you have actually crossed to the next stage.

Pages are intentionally short. The roadmap is the spine; the depth lives in the linked posts. The procurement checklist for tool selection is the 27-question procurement filter. The migration sequence sits in the migration checklist. The ROI defensibility for the procurement-board conversation is in the ROI methodology post. The CIPS digital procurement framework that underpins the model is publicly available at the CIPS site.

If you are scoring yourself a Stage 3 or above and the diagnostic disagrees, the PDF expands on the most common over-scoring trap: counting "the tool can do it" as "the team does it". Capability the team does not use does not count toward stage.