HITL Maturity Ratios · M1 (Undesigned) through M5 (Leading)

M1 Undesigned M3 Design Intent ★ M5 Leading

HITL Maturity Assessment

H% = Human involvement at each maturity level · M3 = HITL Design Intent
Capability / Process Pattern M1
Undesigned
M2
Emerging
M3 ★
Design Intent
M4
Optimized
M5
Leading
Δ M1→M3
Decision — Judgment & Authority
Knowledge — Synthesis & Interpretation
Document — Content Generation
Transaction — Rules-Based Processing
Exception — Non-Standard Resolution
★ M3 = HITL Design Intent baseline · Equal-weighted L3→L2→L1 aggregation · © Timothy P. King & Claude (Anthropic) 2026