Diagnostic templates · built for grown-ups
Your project
isn’t fine.
Free diagnostic templates that surface what your team already knows — before the steering committee finds out the hard way.
Eight .docx files. No signup. No software. Open in Google Docs, hand them around, compare notes.
The three-month problem
When someone takes the reins, the same pattern plays out.
Three weeks to work out what the project is actually delivering. Three weeks to work out what the sponsors thought they were buying. Three weeks to get everyone to agree what it was meant to enable once it’s done.
That’s nine weeks. Then the real discovery starts: the first two don’t match.
The next three weeks are spent dealing with the collective denial that this is actually true.
You’re now three months in. The real work hasn’t started.
The fix
A structured way to say what you already know.
unfsckd is a set of diagnostic templates — .docx files you download, open in Google Docs, and fill in with your team. Each one takes a snapshot of something that probably needs attention: security posture, data processing, delivery confidence, governance readiness, compliance baseline.
The value isn’t in the answers. It’s in the gaps between what different people think is true.
When the PM rates delivery at 8 and the tech lead says 5, you don’t have a disagreement — you have a diagnostic.
How it works
Five steps. Half an hour. Tuesday afternoon.
- 1
Pick the template
that matches your situation.
- 2
Share it independently
Don’t fill it in together. Give the same one to each person.
- 3
Compare the answers
Where the scores diverge — that’s the conversation.
- 4
Define 10/10 together
What would “right” actually look like from here?
- 5
Decide
Continue, rescope, or stop. With evidence.
What’s free
Eight templates. No gate. No catch.
Free to download, free to use, free to share. They’re .docx files — nothing is sent back to us. No analytics, no tracking.
Delivery Confidence Snapshot
The core diagnostic. Score 8 dimensions of delivery against 10/10, hand it round the team, compare. Start here.
Security Policy Snapshot
What’s documented vs. what’s practised. Policy gaps, access control, incident response readiness.
Data Processing Agreement Review
Data flows against contractual obligations. Processor/controller alignment, retention, cross-border compliance.
Privacy Compliance Baseline
Privacy posture against regulatory requirements. Consent mechanisms, subject access, breach notification.
Customer Journey Audit
The real journey vs. the designed one. Drop-off points, friction, handover gaps, experience debt.
Operator-Level Process Check
The process as the operator actually sees it. Workarounds, undocumented steps, capacity vs. demand.
Organisational Readiness Snapshot
Can the organisation absorb what the project delivers? Change capacity, training, comms.
Compliance Baseline
Current compliance against regulatory and contractual obligations. Gap analysis with evidence requirements.
What’s behind the door
The governance layer. Free membership.
The diagnostics tell you where you are. The governance templates tell you what to do about it — and who’s responsible for doing it.
Board-Level Governance Posture. Portfolio Delivery Confidence Review. Six role-based intake forms — Chair, CEO, COO, CFO, Secretary, CISO. Plus the Field Guide and a newsletter that shows you how to deploy them.
Built by people who’ve killed more projects than they’ve started.
Over thirty years across governance, delivery, and operations — from boardrooms to build teams. The most expensive project isn’t the one that fails. It’s the one that keeps going when everyone knows it shouldn’t.
A Deliverators toolbox. Part of the Continuum Canon.