A capability progress modeling component for determining the progress of adoption of an on-demand capabilities model by an organization, the deployment progress component comprising: a completion state descriptor component for receiving inputs from an entity describing a current state, a target state and a modeled state for the organization; and a state comparator component for comparing the current state and modeled state with the target status to derive a set of parameters, the state comparator component analyzing the set of parameters to determine deviation points indicating capability areas requiring attention in order for the organization to progress to an on-demand capabilities model.