Stage 01 · Context
What operating reality are we diagnosing?
A five-person company and a 150-person company should not be judged against the same operating standard. Establish the context before evaluating the system.
What best describes the company right now? Choose one
Where does operating friction show up most? Choose one
Stage 02 · Maturity
How reliably does the operating chain work?
Rate what actually happens—not what has been documented, announced, or intended. Strong answers should be visible in decisions, numbers, and recurring behavior.
Answer every maturity question before continuing.
Stage 03 · Dependence
Where are you still functioning as the operating system?
Founder dependence is not measured by hours alone. It appears wherever progress slows, decisions wait, standards drift, or context disappears when one person steps away.
How long could you step away before execution materially deteriorated? Choose honestly
Rate every dependence area, choose an absence horizon, and provide a recent example.
Stage 04 · Intervention
What can the company realistically install in 90 days?
The best operating intervention is not the most comprehensive. It is the smallest mechanism that removes the current constraint and can survive after attention moves elsewhere.
How much implementation capacity is truly available? Choose one
Which implementation posture fits the company? This controls the recommendation
Define the owner, available capacity, implementation posture, and adoption constraint.
Stage 05 · Operating System Blueprint
Operating Blueprint
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