Section 08 of 12 / Plan and prepare
Readiness quiz
Decide whether your buying group is ready for a pilot, a procurement or a commercial decision.
- Pages
- 12
- Sources cited
- 11
- Evidence date
- 20 Oct 2026
Pages in this section
- 01What does this quiz tell you?Use this quiz to decide whether your next step should be fixing the current workflow, preparing a procurement brief, running a controlled pilot or making a commercial decision.Read →
- 02How should your buying group complete the quiz?Assess one defined workflow and one proposed operating model at a time.Read →
- 03Can you define what you are buying and why?Evidence to show: A signed project charter, responsibility map and reviewer-capacity allocation.Read →
- 04Can you separate poor inputs from poor production?Evidence to show: An input checklist, incomplete-packet examples and a documented request-for-information route.Read →
- 05Can reviewers reconstruct the evidence and the workflow?Evidence to show: An evidence-to-output map, version history and exported example containing the relevant sources and approvals.Read →
- 06Are authority, data and commercial responsibilities controlled?Evidence to show: A task-level authority matrix, counsel’s applicability review and tested escalation examples.Read →
- 07Can you prove the case and operate through stress?Evidence to show: A pilot protocol, selection log, results workbook and signed decision record.Read →
- 08What does your readiness score mean?Add the points from all 15 questions. Maximum: 45.Read →
- 09What should the pilot scorecard measure?Use the following proposed measurement definitions consistently across the current and alternative workflows.Read →
- 10Which worksheet should you use next?Choose the next action from the weakest relevant area, not merely the overall band.Read →
- 11What are the research limitations?The desk reviewed regulator materials, official technical documentation, carrier and supplier publications, recent industry reporting, job listings and podcast/video resources.Read →
- 12SourcesPrimary materials supporting the control design and factual examples above, checked on 20 October 2026:Read →
Research quality
- Buyer fit
- 10/10
- Depth
- 9/10
- Search coverage
- 9/10
- Sources
- 8/10
The desk’s own rating of fit, depth, search coverage and sourcing for this section. It is not an external audit.