IT/Business Readiness Check
The question is not which system. It is whether you are ready to succeed.
Most ERP and digitalization programs do not fail on the software; they fail on the organization around it. This check measures readiness across business alignment, process maturity, data readiness, technology, people and change, and investment, before the contract is signed. It includes the tests vendors never run: the calendar test on your key users (the org chart promises, the calendar tells the truth), the sponsorship test (who owns this with budget authority), and the standardization question that kills more implementations than any technical issue. Red on this instrument means one thing: fix these first, then start. That conversation costs you three weeks now, or eighteen months and the budget later.
Runs on the Galactus assessment platform: anchored questions, evidence-based scoring, and red flags that override averages. See how our assessments work
44 anchored questions · 6 scored domains · the two program killers tested explicitly
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Clear entry point
We define the mandate, decision context, and expected outcomes before moving into analysis or execution.
Controlled risk posture
Recommendations account for governance, security, continuity, delivery pressure, and business appetite.
Executive handover
Outputs are framed for leadership decisions, operational ownership, and measurable follow-through.
What You Get
- A go / fix-first / not-yet verdict with the evidence behind it
- The two program killers tested explicitly: sponsorship with budget authority, and standardization willingness versus what was bought
- Data readiness measured on your actual master data, not assumed
- Key-user availability verified against calendars, not org charts
- What the previous attempt left behind, surfaced before it sabotages this one
- A readiness roadmap: what to fix, in which order, before day one
Ideal For
- Boards about to approve an ERP replacement or major digitalization budget
- Organizations where the previous program stalled and nobody fully processed why
- PE-backed companies where the value creation plan assumes a system change
- Leadership teams that suspect the vendor's timeline is optimistic
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