The objective keeps changing
The desired result or decision criteria are not yet shared.
PROJECT READINESS
Is your project ready to move to the next decision stage?
Frame the decision before accelerating delivery. This editorial guide helps you understand readiness and access the official VivAfrik diagnostic when available.
FRAME THE PROBLEM
Readiness is more than having an idea
A project can be strategically relevant and still lack the conditions required for a sound next decision. Readiness concerns the clarity of the intended outcome, the evidence available, stakeholder alignment, delivery ownership and the realism of the next stage.
GENERAL SIGNALS
Questions worth clarifying
Evidence is fragmented
Key assumptions have not been connected to reliable information.
Ownership remains uncertain
Roles, capacity or decision authority need to be clarified.
WHAT READINESS MEANS
A proportionate basis for the next decision
Readiness does not mean that every risk has disappeared. It means that the project has enough clarity, evidence and ownership to justify a defined next step, with uncertainties made visible rather than hidden.
This perspective is particularly useful before concept validation, partner mobilisation, detailed design, financing preparation or implementation planning.
WHEN TO ASSESS READINESS
Use the diagnostic before a consequential next step
Before an internal decision
Make the decision criteria and unresolved assumptions visible.
Before partner discussions
Establish a shared view of the project and the questions still open.
Before financing preparation
Identify the structuring work required before approaching funders.
Before programme launch
Check whether ownership, evidence and delivery conditions are sufficiently clear.
Before a major commitment
Test whether the next step is proportionate to the project’s current maturity.
VIVAFRIK APPROACH
Knowledge → diagnosis → decision → Advisory
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Knowledge
Connect the project to context and evidence.
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Diagnosis
Frame readiness through the official assessment.
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Decision
Select the next proportionate action.
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Advisory
Deepen the work only where support is useful.
OFFICIAL ASSESSMENT
Take a structured readiness snapshot
This assessment helps you build a structured first view of your project’s readiness before an important next decision.
READINESS DIAGNOSTIC
VivAfrik Decision & Project Readiness Assessment
Assess how well your initiative is structured for its next decision milestone.
Estimated time: about 4 minutes
EXPECTED VALUE
A clearer conversation about what comes next
The assessment is designed to make the key dimensions of project readiness more explicit and support a more structured conversation about the next step. The assessment journey itself explains what is being considered and the possible ways forward.
POSSIBLE NEXT STEPS
Choose the response that fits the evidence
Continue independently
Use the clarified priorities to strengthen the project with your team.
Review the diagnostic approachDeepen the assessment
Gather additional evidence or align stakeholders before deciding.
Explore diagnosticsDiscuss an Advisory engagement
Talk to VivAfrik when external expertise would add value.
Talk to VivAfrik