Go/No-Go Checklist (Excel)

Readiness criteria written down before the meeting, each with an owner, a yes/no answer and an explicit note of whether it can be waived.

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The most common go/no-go failure is holding the meeting without agreed criteria, so the decision becomes a discussion of sentiment.

This checklist is meant to be completed a fortnight ahead. Each criterion is answerable yes or no by somebody other than the person who wants to go live, and each is marked absolute or waivable in advance — which is the conversation you want to have when there is still time to fix things.

Who it is for

Release managers, IT project managers and go-live chairs preparing a go/no-go decision.

What is included

• Start Here — when to complete it and who answers what
• Go-No-Go Checklist — criteria grouped by technical, data, business, operational and governance readiness, each with owner, status, evidence and waiver flag
• Dashboard — readiness by group and the criteria still outstanding

When to use it

• A go-live date has been set and criteria have not been written down
• The last release went ahead on a feeling rather than evidence
• You are chairing the go/no-go and want the pre-work done

Format and compatibility

File format

Microsoft Excel workbook (.xlsx)

Editable

Yes — nothing locked, protected or watermarked

Delivery

Instant download after purchase on Etsy

Licence

Single-user commercial use on your own projects. See licence and downloads.

Price

€8,95

Delivered as a standard .xlsx workbook. No macros — the .xlsx format cannot contain them, so it opens without security warnings and passes corporate download policies. Every cell is editable; nothing is locked or password protected.