Tracking progress over time
Use repeated assessments to show maturity gains, score movement, and the effect of completed work.
Last updated June 1, 2026
A single assessment tells you where you stand. A series tells a story, and the story is what leadership remembers. Because Forest is deterministic, two assessments taken at different times are directly comparable: any change in score reflects a change in your inputs, not in the engine.
Progress shows up in a few places at once. Watch them together so you can attribute movement to specific work.
What to watch between assessments
Forest Score movement. The headline trend over quarters. Steady, explainable gains beat one large jump.
Domain scores. A rising domain score shows where investment landed. A flat one shows where it did not.
Maturity by capability. The clearest evidence. A capability moving from Initial to Managed is a concrete, defensible result.
Priority shifts. As you close high-priority gaps, the ranked list reorders. The new top items become your next plan.
Attribute change honestly
When a score rises, connect it to the work that caused it: a capability you matured, a gap you closed, a goal you aligned to. When it falls, say why, whether scope expanded, criticality changed, or a target was reset higher.
Re-assess on a regular cadence rather than only before a board meeting. Consistent intervals make the trend trustworthy and keep stale numbers out of decisions.
Use the gap between two dated exported summaries as your before-and-after. Feed the result into quarterly planning.