The Influence Architecture Assessment
Twenty-four questions on how your program actually moves institutions.
The assessment scores an advocacy program across the eight systems of Influence Architecture. It does not measure enthusiasm, spend, or access. It measures whether the structure underneath a campaign will hold when the fight becomes contested.
About eight minutes. Twenty-four questions, three per system.
Results
Each system is scored on a 1.0 to 5.0 scale, and the eight scores average into a composite. The composite places the program in one of five maturity bands, and the results screen names the three weakest systems, which is where a contested fight is most likely to fail.
The eight systems
System 1
Legislative Pathway Architecture
Whether the program knows the specific vehicle, committee, and sequence that carries its ask.
System 2
Political Risk and Opposition Analysis
Whether objections and opponents are mapped before they surface in a hearing room.
System 3
Narrative Control and Message Discipline
Whether the same argument survives the trip from your office to the twentieth meeting.
System 4
Direct Lobbying Execution
Whether meetings produce commitments and records rather than pleasant conversation.
System 5
Grasstops and Validator Engagement
Whether the voices a member actually trusts are engaged, and on request.
System 6
Coalition Activation and Governance
Whether the coalition is a decision-making body or a list of logos on a letter.
System 7
Integrated Advocacy Campaigns
Whether lobbying, communications, grassroots, and research move as one instrument.
System 8
Strategic Communications and Timing
Whether pressure lands when the institution can move, not when you are ready.