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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An Excel checklist of readiness criteria written down before the go/no-go meeting rather than during it. Each line carries an owner, a yes or no answer, and an explicit note of whether it can be waived. The file records the position on the day and who confirmed each item; the decision itself stays with the meeting.
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 excluding VAT · €10,83 including 21% Dutch VAT, which is what Etsy shows an EU buyer at checkout
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.
Questions
How far ahead should this be filled in?
Two weeks before the decision. Criteria agreed in the meeting itself are criteria written by whoever wants the date.
What is the difference between this and the Go-Live Readiness Deck?
This is the working checklist. The deck is how you present the result to the committee.
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