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Section 08 of 12 / Plan the evaluation

Readiness quiz

Check whether your club is ready to run a controlled comparative trial.

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01

How should your club complete the quiz?

Allow approximately 20 minutes for an initial discussion; gathering missing evidence is a separate task.

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02

What are the 15 readiness questions?

Evidence to attach: a one-page decision brief.

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03

How do you calculate your readiness score?

Add the 15 answers.

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04

What does each score band mean?

These bands are proposed triage thresholds, not industry benchmarks or club percentiles.

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05

Which blockers override a high score?

Under this framework, the following conditions take precedence over the numerical band.

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06

What should you do with the lowest scores?

Choose the smallest useful deliverable that closes the gap.

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07

What should the controlled trial measure?

Use a compact evidence ledger rather than a feature popularity contest.

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08

What should the final purchasing recommendation contain?

Produce a short memo that answers these questions:

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Sources

Public sources inform the factual context and examples.

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