Goold and Campbell Nine Tests of Good Organization Design
The nine tests evaluate whether a proposed structure names an accountable decider and creates parenting or market advantage, functioning as a design checklist rather than a scored evidentiary record.
Michael Goold and Andrew Campbell, 2002
The origin of the framework, as the directory records it. The mark grades the origin, not this page.
Umbrex, Goold and Campbell Nine Tests of Good Organization Design
The directory entry this score was read from. Umbrex is a consultancy network; its summary is the reference, not a primary source.
Scored against the twelve cells, it loads three: Structure, Authority, and Strategy. The other nine it leaves to you. None of Composition, Evidence, or Mastery is among them, which is the usual result in this directory: the questions an agent in the loop raises first are the ones the literature answers least.
This is not a summary of the framework. Umbrex has one; the link under Sources goes there.
What is the smallest unit that can own a customer outcome end to end?
Which decisions may an agent make alone, and who is able to stop it?
Where on the evolution curve does each capability sit, and does that dictate build, buy, or let go?