Automation readiness quiz
Fifteen short statements across five pillars: process, data, team, risk and tools. A score out of 100, banded, plus which pillar is actually holding you back.
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How clear is the process itself?
We could write down every step of this today, in order, without asking anyone else.
It runs the same way every time, with only rare exceptions.
We already know exactly where it starts and where it ends.
READINESS SO FAR
50
out of 100, banded as
Needs groundwork
WORKED EXAMPLE, NOT YOUR ANSWERS
A five-person team invoicing suppliers by hand answers all fifteen statements. Data and tools both come back strong, since invoices already sit in one system with an API. Team capacity is the weak pillar: nobody has actually been given time to own it.
70 out of 100
Banded "Ready, with one fix." Pillar scores: Process 75, Data 92, Team 25, Risk 67, Tools 92. The total looks healthy; the Team pillar is what would actually stall the project.
How the score works
- How is the 0 to 100 score worked out?
- Fifteen statements, five pillars of three each, every answer on a one-to-five scale. The total, which runs from 15 to 75, is stretched across a 0 to 100 scale. Nothing is weighted more heavily than anything else.
- What do the bands actually mean?
- 80 and above is Ready to build. 60 to 79 is Ready, with one fix: something specific is holding you back. 40 to 59 is Needs groundwork. Below 40 is Not yet. The cutoffs are fixed and published here, not adjusted afterwards.
- Why show a score per pillar as well as the total?
- Because a total of 70 can hide one pillar sitting at 25. If the weak one is team capacity, buying software will not fix it. Automation only works once the actual blocker is named.
- What if we score low on purpose, to be careful?
- The scale asks what is true today, not what you would like to be true. A cautious answer just produces a cautious score, and an honest 35 is more useful than an optimistic 75 that falls over in week two.
- Does a low score mean automation is off the table?
- No. It means the groundwork comes first, usually getting the process consistent or the data into one place. We do both as part of the build, and everything built afterwards is more reliable for it.
- Are these five pillars specific to how Cadral works?
- No. Process, data, team, risk and tooling are worth checking before any automation project, whoever ends up building it.
The score says where to start
A high score is a scoping conversation; a low one is a shorter conversation about which pillar to fix first. Either way, it is worth twenty minutes.
Ran your numbers? Send us the figures and we will come back with a fixed price, or book twenty minutes and talk them through.
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