Glossary

MINCE – Glossary – How fast can your organization adapt to the ever changing environments?

This section provides explanation of some of the important words used in correlation with the MINCE Maturity Model.

MINCE Glossary

term	explanation/additional information
Action Flavor	MINCE defines seven activities that form the basis upon which an organization will reach a higher MINCE Maturity Level.
Activity	One of the MINCE Levels. An organization operating al Level 1, the Activities-level, is pleasantly surprised if a result is accomplished.
adaptability	The capacity of organizations to absorb environmental (market) changes, i.e. the same as maturity. This sometimes also is calles change capacity.
Advisory Report	Description of options that the MINCE2 Foundation Board can select from in order to improve the accuracy and/or sustainability of the MINCE model.
Ambition Level	The Maturity Level that an organization is aiming for in order to increase its competitiveness.
aspect	Detail
assessment	This is one of the facets that OPM3 focuses on, where through the use of a tool, organizations can determine the state that their project maturity is in.
Basic Knowledge	This is one of the facets that PMMM focuses on.
beckoning perspective	An attractive future situation in the organization that is very appealing to its employees.
Benchmarking	This is (also) the name of a level used within PMMM, where the organization performs benchmarking on a continuous basis.
broadening	AF2 of the seven MINCE Action Flavors. Broadening is about accomplishing alignment between the actions and/or changes across the whole organization that is affected.