Critical requirements satisfied
Every applicable critical requirement is Complete with current evidence, or N/A with a recorded rationale. The authorized owner can now record Ready to Proceed or Proceed with Conditions.
Assess the evidence. Protect the next decision.
The Project Readiness Assessment can be used at any important project decision point. It does not provide a working recommendation until the required project information, evidence, ownership, and recovery dates are documented.
A recommendation cannot be made yet
The tool withholds its recommendation until the project information and every critical status, evidence record, owner, and required recovery date are complete.
Documented critical blocker remains
If one applicable critical requirement remains incomplete, the recommendation is Pause and Resolve until it is resolved and verified again.
THE OPERATING PROCESS
Readiness is a controlled review, not a ceremonial meeting.
Start early, define the evidence before asking for status, and make the decision from current facts.
1. Define the decision and authority
State the phase, milestone, purchase, release, deployment, delivery, handoff, or closeout being considered. Identify the authorized decision owner and every role needed to provide evidence or act on the result.
2. Define the readiness criteria
Separate critical conditions from supporting items. Connect each requirement to its governing source, evidence standard, accountable owner, and decision date.
3. Collect current evidence
Request records early enough to preserve recovery options. Use current observations, approvals, tests, photographs, system records, or other objective evidence appropriate to the project.
4. Assess every applicable condition
Classify each item as Complete, Incomplete, or N/A with rationale. Evidence Incomplete remains the working status until every critical condition can be evaluated.
5. Issue the authorized decision
Review the working status, rationale, exceptions, residual items, consequences, owners, and schedule effect. Record Ready to Proceed, Proceed with Conditions, or Pause and Resolve.
6. Resolve and verify again
For Pause and Resolve, assign every blocker, set recovery and review dates, obtain updated evidence, repeat the verification, and preserve the decision history.
PROJECT READINESS ASSESSMENT
Build a defensible review from current evidence.
Start blank or load a fictional pause-and-resolve example. Change every field, verify the evidence, and prepare the record for the authorized decision owner.
AUTOMATED WORKING STATUSEVIDENCE INCOMPLETE
No readiness recommendation is produced yet. Enter the project and assessment dates, then give every displayed requirement a status, evidence, and accountable owner. An incomplete item also needs a recovery date; N/A requires the rationale in the evidence field.
RequirementRequiredStatusEvidenceOwnerRecovery
FILLABLE PDF
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Protected two-page layout, readiness requirements, status fields, evidence and ownership fields, recovery planning, decision authorization, and automatic ready, pause, or evidence-incomplete display in Adobe Acrobat or Reader.
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