Worksheet · Transformation Readiness Check

Run the review that finds the next tranche

It prints on A4 with room to write.

This sheet is for a programme already running; the check asks this row only then. After the first wave, it looks for more and decides what the programme team runs next. It builds the Competent step of the check:

A structured review after the first wave has found the next tranche, and the programme team's people are staying in the business.

Step 1. The first-wave review

Question Answer
Which initiatives delivered more than planned, and why?
Which delivered less, and why?
Which levers did wave 1 leave untouched?
Which wave 1 initiatives could go further?
What did we assume that turned out wrong?

Step 2. The next tranche

Idea Lever Rough value ($m) Owner Brief due
e.g. Extend the new terms to export customers price 1.1 Export manager 15 September

Step 3. The programme team's next roles

Person Role in wave 1 Next role in the business Starts Leads part of wave 2?

A business that stops at "enough is good enough" holds its new level while the market moves on.

Under 50 people: after the first wave, spend a day with the leaders finding the next set of gains. Decide now what the people who led the change will run next.

Done when: the review has listed a next tranche with owners, and each member of the programme team has a next role.


Adapted from our own transformation proposal (Forty 2, 2024).

From the Transformation Readiness Check. Your report links the sheet for each of its moves.