Health, Education & Government HR & Talent Workforce Transformation

Skills Development

People decisions with significant organizational, financial, and cultural stakes.

Example organizations in this space: Degreed Coursera Enterprise LinkedIn Learning Cornerstone

This interactive experience is the shipped product itself — the same application code customers run in production, mounted read-only in your browser over a real sample journey. Not a video, not a mockup: because the demo and the product are one codebase, it can never drift from the real thing.

Inside this journey
  1. Skills & Outcome Discovery

    Align on strategic skill gaps, target business outcomes, stakeholder roles, and measurable success signals tied to reskilling priorities.

    Discovery Questions

    Quick orientation: why this matters now

    • How recently did a workforce planning or executive mandate make reskilling a priority for you? Options: Within the last month, 1-3 months ago, 3-6 months ago, More than 6 months ago, No formal trigger yet
    • Tell me about the single business outcome your leadership wants learning to drive this year, in plain terms.
    • Which parts of your organization show the clearest gap between current skills and future needs? Options: Engineering/IT, Product/Design, Sales/Customer Success, Operations/Manufacturing, Data & Analytics, Leadership/Management, Other
    • When you think of a successful reskilling effort here, what metric would make the CEO stand up and notice? Options: Internal mobility rate, Time-to-fill critical roles, Revenue per employee, Reduction in contractor spend, Improved time-to-market, Other
    • Walk me through a recent decision where learning investments were debated, who argued most strongly for change, and why.

    Where the skills mismatch actually lives

    • If you had to point to one routine task or outcome that shows your talent strategy is currently failing, what is it?
    • Describe a role, by title or function, where missing skills cause the most visible business pain, and give a concrete example.
    • How many distinct competency profiles or job families do you maintain today? Options: 1-5, 6-15, 16-50, More than 50, We do not have defined competency profiles
    • Which competency or capability is most often cited in performance reviews as 'not improving fast enough'? Options: Technical proficiency, Product thinking, Data literacy, Stakeholder management, Coaching/people management, Other
    • What downstream process breaks when those skills are missing, and how long do you usually live with that break before acting? Options: Hiring delays, Project slippage, Customer churn, Increased cost, Quality issues, Other
    • Which single failure related to skills, if it repeated next quarter, would cause you to halt this initiative immediately?

    The manager and sponsor reality check

    • Which leaders currently sponsor learning initiatives, and which roles will need to be active sponsors for this to work? Options: CHRO/Head of People, CLO/Head of L&D, Business unit heads, Line managers, CTO/CPO, Other
    • Which managers already take active steps to coach and apply new skills on the job, and what separates them from others?
    • How much time can your average frontline manager commit to enablement activities during a pilot month? Options: Less than 1 hour/week, 1-3 hours/week, 3-6 hours/week, More than 6 hours/week, Not sure
    • Who is responsible for cascading learning goals into team objectives and tracking them, and do they have a direct reporting line to business outcomes? Options: People Ops, L&D, Line manager, Program manager, No clear owner
    • If a critical sponsor were to step back tomorrow, what concrete consequence would you expect for timeline or budget? Options: Pilot delayed, Scope reduced, Funding paused, No immediate impact, Other
    • Which single governance gap around sponsor or manager engagement would kill momentum if not fixed before pilot launch?

    Assessment and measurement — proving skill change

    • What is the most credible evidence you currently accept that someone has gained a skill you care about? Options: Assessment score improvement, Manager observation, On-the-job task completion, Promotion/internal mobility, Customer feedback, Other
    • Describe a specific on-the-job task you would expect to improve after a successful learning pathway, and how you would measure that improvement.
    • How frequently do you want measurement updates during a pilot to feel comfortable with progress? Options: Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly, At pilot end only
    • Which data sources can show behavioral change today, where the platform could integrate for measurement? Options: HRIS/People data, ATS/mobility records, Performance reviews, Productivity tools, Customer metrics, None available
    • If you learned the platform could not demonstrate on-the-job improvement within the pilot window, would you proceed, pause, or stop? Options: Proceed with adjustments, Pause to redesign, Stop the initiative
    • What minimum skill delta or business metric gain during a pilot would move you from evaluation to signing?

    Content, curation, and role fit

    • How many of your current learning assets directly map to a specific competency in a given role? Options: Most of them, Some of them, Few, None
    • Walk me through a recent situation where content failed to translate into better performance for a specific role.
    • Which content formats drive the best engagement and transfer to work in your environment? Options: Short modules (<30 min), Project-based learning, Mentorship/coaching, Live workshops, Assessments with applied tasks, Other
    • Do you have licensing or procurement constraints that affect which external content you can use? Options: Yes, strict procurement rules, Yes, limited vendors allowed, Some restrictions, No significant constraints, Not sure
    • What would need to be true about content quality or mapping for you to replace one of your current learning libraries?
    • Which single content gap, if unresolved, would prevent the pilot from proving the intended skill outcomes?

    Obstacles, risks, and timeline tipping points

    • What operational or political risk worries you most about launching a skills program at scale? Options: Data privacy/compliance, Manager bandwidth, Integration complexity, Change fatigue, Procurement delays, Other
    • How constrained is your preferred go-live window by fiscal planning or other external deadlines? Options: Fixed and immovable, Preferable but flexible, No hard deadline, Unsure
    • Give an example of an internal review or committee that typically gates initiatives like this and the usual cadence for their decisions.
    • Which regulatory or compliance approvals, if any, must be obtained before training content or data can be deployed? Options: Security review, Legal/privacy signoff, Vendor risk assessment, None required, Not sure
    • Which single operational constraint, if unresolved, would stop this project from starting this quarter?

    Alternatives you're actively considering

    • Which external providers or platform types are you currently evaluating alongside this approach (incumbent, specialist, or marketplaces)? Options: Enterprise LMS incumbent, Assessment-first platform, Content marketplace, Consulting-led reskilling, No external evaluation ongoing, Other
    • Has anyone on your team proposed solving this problem internally without vendor support, and what reason did they give? Options: Yes, build in-house to control IP, Yes, to reduce cost, Proposed a pilot with internal resources, No internal build proposal, Not sure
    • What would have to be demonstrably true about your current solution for you to keep it instead of switching?
    • Across the options you mentioned, which single advantage would make your procurement team favor that option? Options: Lower total cost, Faster implementation, Better integration, Stronger measurement, Existing contractual relationship, Other
    • If we could show a clear path to your target skill delta, which alternative would be hardest to compete with and why?

    Integration, data readiness, and technical constraints

    • Which systems will the platform need to connect to to measure and act on skills (pick all that apply)? Options: HRIS/people data, Performance management, ATS/internal mobility, Productivity or project tools, SSO/identity, None today
    • Who owns those systems and can grant API access within your organization? Options: People/HR ops, IT/Platform team, Security/Compliance, Line of business, No clear owner
    • How would you rate the cleanliness and reliability of the people and performance data we would need, on a scale from pristine to unusable? Options: Mostly clean and accessible, Moderately clean with gaps, Significant cleanup needed, Unusable without major work, Not sure
    • Do you have a dedicated technical resource or project owner who can commit to integration tasks during a 6-10 week pilot? Options: Yes, dedicated resource available, Yes, but limited capacity, No, would need to assign, Not sure
    • What compliance or privacy reviews will the vendor need to pass before any production data can be used? Options: Security assessment, DPA/data processing agreement, Internal legal review, No review needed, Not sure
    • If API access or key data cannot be provided within your desired pilot window, what is the likely delay to your timeline? Options: Less than 2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 1-2 months, More than 2 months, Pilot would be paused

    Pilot design and acceptance criteria that could close the deal

    • If the pilot shows the promised skill improvement, what would stop you from signing an enterprise agreement the same week? Options: Budget approvals, Procurement timeline, Additional stakeholder buy-in, Legal/contract issues, Nothing; we'd sign immediately
    • Which cohort size and mix do you believe will give a realistic signal for enterprise-scale adoption? Options: Small focused cohort (10-25), Medium cross-functional (26-100), Large business unit (>100), Unsure
    • What specific acceptance metric will prove the pilot succeeded (pick primary and up to two secondaries)? Options: Average assessment delta, Manager-rated behavior change, Successful task completion rate, Internal mobility outcomes, Engagement and completion of applied tasks
    • Who must sign off on pilot acceptance and final purchase, and what decision criteria will they apply?
    • How long a pilot window do you consider minimally credible to measure on-the-job application? Options: 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 6-8 weeks, 3 months
    • If the pilot hits acceptance metrics early, are you willing to accelerate rollout and procurement? Options: Yes, accelerate immediately, Yes, with small governance steps, No, will follow planned cadence, Unsure

    Decision timeline, blockers, and next steps

    • Who are the three people whose approval would most shorten or lengthen your procurement timeline?
    • Which procurement or internal legal checkpoints typically add the most time to deals like this? Options: Vendor risk review, Security questionnaire, Contract negotiation, Budget committee, Other
    • Realistically, what is your target decision date for selecting a partner to run a pilot? Options: Within 2 weeks, 2-4 weeks, 4-8 weeks, More than 8 weeks
    • What single remaining question or risk, if answered to your satisfaction in the next conversation, would move you to run a pilot with us?
    • Would you like us to prepare a one-page pilot plan that maps to your top acceptance metric and required integrations? Options: Yes, please prepare, Maybe, after data check, No, not at this time
  2. Solution Experience

    Ground the platform to the buyer's context by mapping competency frameworks, assessment approach, and learning pathways to real roles and scenarios.

    Solution Experience

    • Solution Experience — Competency to Role Mapping
    • Confirm the current state and its cost
    • You confirm the demonstrated role mapping and assessment approach would eliminate the reskilling blindspot from your workforce plan.
    • Prepare a sample mapped competency-to-role artifact using the job description(s) provided and deliver it before the follow-up session.
    • You agree on pilot cohort criteria and the measurable success signals we will use to evaluate skill gain.
    • Live mapping of one representative role
    • Provide 2 to 3 representative job descriptions for the pilot roles and an export of your existing competency framework or job architecture.
    • Prove assessment and measurement linkage
    • You identify any remaining evidence or integrations required before pilot sign-off.
    • List the acceptance criteria and top 3 metrics you will use to judge pilot success, including any on-the-job performance indicators.
    • Validate the mapping and outcomes
    • Agree next steps and pilot evidence needed
    • Solution Experience — Competency to Role Mapping
    • Solution Experience Deck
    • Solution Brief — Competency Mapping to Roles
    • meeting
    • slides
    • document
  3. Change & Adoption Readiness

    Collect structured facts on manager enablement, sponsor alignment, pilot cohort criteria, communication plans, and existing L&D integrations.

    Readiness Questions

    Sponsorship and Steering

    • Who is the executive sponsor and what is their role
    • Who are the other core stakeholders who will sit on the steering or governance forum
    • What decision authority does the sponsor hold for pilot scope, budget, and acceptance Options: Full authority, Budget approval only, Scope input only, Advisory
    • How often can the sponsor or steering group meet during the pilot Options: Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly, Ad hoc
    • Who will be the primary day-to-day point of contact for the seller on program decisions and approvals
    • Is there an existing forum or committee where status updates should be shared Options: Yes, No, Unsure

    Manager Enablement

    • Which manager groups will be involved in the pilot Options: Front-line managers, People managers, Senior leaders, Team leads, People managers and above
    • Approximately how many managers do you expect to include in the pilot
    • What specific behaviors do you want managers to do differently during and after the pilot
    • What enablement formats work best for your managers Options: Live workshops, Train-the-trainer, Short microlearning modules, Coaching playbooks, Manager tool in the platform
    • Do managers currently have training on coaching or skills-based development Options: Yes, formal program, Informal guidance, No, In progress
    • Who will own manager enablement content and scheduling on your side

    Pilot Cohort Definition

    • Which roles or job families are you prioritizing for the pilot
    • What is your target pilot cohort size Options: Fewer than 25, 25 to 100, 101 to 300, More than 300
    • What selection approach do you prefer for pilot participants Options: Volunteers, Manager-nominated, High-potential or critical roles, Skill-gap based selection, Random sample
    • Are there any explicit inclusion or exclusion criteria we should apply
    • Do you expect the pilot to be limited by location, business unit, or time zone Options: Global, Specific regions only, Single business unit, Single site or office
    • Are participants expected to have existing learning accounts or will accounts be provisioned for the pilot Options: Existing accounts, Seller to provision accounts, Combination, Unsure

    Communication and Change Plan

    • Who are the primary audiences you want to reach with pilot communications Options: Pilot participants, Managers, HR/L&D, Business leaders, All employees
    • What are the core messages you want participants and managers to receive about the pilot
    • Which communication channels do you plan to use Options: Email, Intranet, Team meetings, Manager cascades, Internal chat platform, Town hall
    • How frequently should project communications be sent during the pilot Options: Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly, Milestone-driven only
    • Who will own the communication plan and approvals on your side
    • How will you collect participant feedback during the pilot Options: Surveys, Manager check-ins, Platform feedback, Focus groups, Other

    Existing L&D and HR Integrations

    • Which systems should the platform integrate with for this pilot Options: Learning management system, HRIS or people data, Single sign-on provider, Content marketplace, Assessment engine, Data warehouse, None
    • Who owns each system on your side (LMS owner, HRIS owner, IT owner)
    • What level of access do you expect to provide to user and org data Options: Full access including org structure, Limited fields only, Only anonymous or aggregated, No data access
    • What integration methods are available for those systems Options: APIs available, Secure file export/import, SCORM or xAPI packages, No integration available
    • Are there security, privacy, or compliance constraints we should know about Options: Standard privacy review required, Strict data residency rules, Export restrictions, No special constraints, Other
    • Do you have a preferred IT contact for connection and credentials

    Measurement and Success Signals

    • Which short-term adoption metrics matter most for this pilot Options: Manager engagement, Participant completion of assessments, Completion of learning pathways, Active coaching events, Usage of platform tools
    • Which skill measurement signals will you accept as pilot success Options: Assessment score improvements, On-the-job task completion, Manager-rated skill change, Performance metrics change, Promotion or role mobility
    • What target threshold would you consider a successful manager adoption rate Options: Not defined yet, Low: under 30 percent, Medium: 30 to 60 percent, High: over 60 percent
    • How often do you want pilot progress reported Options: Weekly, Biweekly, Monthly, At milestones only
    • Who will receive regular analytics and reports from the pilot

    Risks, Blockers, and Escalation

    • What do you see as the top three risks or blockers to manager adoption
    • Are there concurrent initiatives that could compete for manager attention Options: Yes, multiple, One main initiative, No, Unsure
    • Who should be the escalation contact if a critical blocker appears during the pilot
    • How would you rate readiness for change in the pilot population Options: Ready, Somewhat ready, Not ready, Unsure

    Next Steps and Approvals

    • What approvals are required before the pilot can start Options: Legal, Privacy, IT security, HR leadership, Procurement, None
    • What is your desired pilot start window Options: Within 2 weeks, Within 1 month, Within 2 to 3 months, Later than 3 months
    • What resources or time commitments do you need from managers during the pilot
    • What would a reasonable go or no-go decision date be for this pilot
  4. Solution Scope

    Define competency mapping scope, integration and data responsibilities, pilot design, content curation, assessment rules, and acceptance criteria.

    Scope Configuration

    • Ingest Job Architecture and Role Data
    • Integrate HRIS for Roster and Role Sync
    • Map Competency Framework to Platform Schema
    • Curate and License Content Marketplace Packs
    • Import External Learning Content (SCORM/LTI/API)
    • Map Content Items to Competencies and Skills
    • Configure Skill-Based Learning Pathways
    • Provision Pilot Cohort and Enroll Learners
    • Activate Manager Enablement Portal
    • Instrument On-the-Job Application Tracking
    • Configure Skill Progress and Outcome Dashboards
    • Import Historical Learning and Work Records
    • Set Role-Based Access and Permissions
    • Export Skill and Usage Data to HR/BI

    Scope Questions

    Ingest Job Architecture and Role Data

    • Which file formats contain your canonical job architecture and role exports (examples: CSV job_catalog, JSON position registry)? Options: CSV, JSON, Excel (.xlsx), Database export (SQL), Other
    • How many unique role or position profiles are represented in the export you will provide? Options: Less than 100, 100-999, 1,000-9,999, 10,000 or more
    • Who owns and can approve changes to the job architecture file (title, email or role description)?
    • When was the job architecture last revised and do you have a change log to attach to the ingest package? Options: Within 3 months (change log available), 3-12 months, Over 12 months, Unknown
    • Identify the canonical identifier used to link roles to employees in your systems (examples: job_code, position_id, position_number).
    • Are there hierarchical levels that must be preserved during ingest (examples: job family, job subfamily, level) rather than flattened? Options: Yes, No

    Integrate HRIS for Roster and Role Sync

    • Select the type of human resources information system (HRIS) integration endpoint you will provide for roster and role sync. Options: Cloud HRIS with REST API, On-prem HRIS with SFTP export, Flat-file exports only (CSV), Custom HR database API, Other
    • How frequently must roster and role synchronization occur for the pilot? Options: Near real-time (API/webhook), Daily batch, Weekly batch, On demand/manual
    • Who is the technical owner that will supply API credentials and coordinate credential rotation for the HRIS integration?
    • Specify the roster fields that must be synced to maintain competency assignments (examples: employee_id, position_id, manager_id).
    • Do you enforce any data residency or privacy constraints on roster exports (examples: GDPR, local residency, employee consent required)? Options: Yes, No
    • Indicate the authentication method supported by your HRIS integration endpoint. Options: OAuth2, API key, SFTP with SSH key, SAML/SCIM provisioning, Other

    Map Competency Framework to Platform Schema

    • Provide the filename or export type of the competency framework you will supply (examples: competency_matrix.csv, competency_registry.xlsx).
    • Identify the fields in your framework that should map to the platform competency identifier (examples: competency_code, skill_uri).
    • How many competency proficiency levels exist in your framework (examples: foundational, intermediate, advanced)? Options: 1-2 levels, 3 levels, 4 or more levels
    • Who will be the approver for canonical competency-to-role mapping signoff?
    • Do you require preservation of external taxonomy links during mapping (examples: O*NET codes, SOC codes)? Options: Yes, No
    • Which measurable threshold will you use to accept mapping completeness (examples: >95% of roles mapped to at least one core competency)? Options: >95% mapped, 90-95% mapped, 80-90% mapped, Custom threshold

    Curate and License Content Marketplace Packs

    • List the content categories you want included in the initial curated packs (examples: hands-on technical labs, leadership micro-courses, compliance modules). Options: Technical labs, Leadership micro-courses, Compliance modules, On-the-job templates, Assessment banks, Other
    • How many learner seats or licensed accesses should be provisioned for the pilot cohort? Options: Less than 50, 50-250, 251-1,000, More than 1,000
    • Do you require content that includes assessment assets with item-level metadata for linked skill measurement? Options: Yes, No
    • Specify required delivery formats for curated content during the pilot (examples: video, interactive lab, article, assessment item). Options: Video, Interactive lab, Article/reading, Assessment item, Simulation
    • Who will approve content selections and accept the content marketplace license terms (name or role)?
    • Indicate desired licensing model for pilot content (examples: time-bound access, concurrent seats, perpetual pilot access). Options: Time-bound access, Concurrent seats, Perpetual pilot access, Custom

    Import External Learning Content (SCORM/LTI/API)

    • Select the external learning package formats you will provide for import (examples: SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, LTI 1.1, LTI 1.3, xAPI). Options: SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, LTI 1.1, LTI 1.3, xAPI (Experience API)
    • Estimate the number of content packages that will require manifest parsing during import for the pilot. Options: Less than 50, 50-250, 251-1,000, More than 1,000
    • Where will content be hosted during the pilot (examples: your LMS via LTI, platform CDN, internal content server)? Options: Your LMS via LTI, Platform CDN, Internal content server, Other
    • Which LTI or SSO authentication flow do you require for integrated playback (examples: OAuth2 public key, LTI Advantage)? Options: OAuth2 with public key, LTI Advantage, SAML SSO, Other
    • Who will supply SCORM/LTI package files and validate playback on a test learner account?
    • Are there accessibility standards required for imported content (examples: WCAG 2.1 AA) that we must validate? Options: Yes, No

    Map Content Items to Competencies and Skills

    • Describe how content items are currently tagged to competencies at your organization (examples: publisher tags, internal curation spreadsheet with competency_code).
    • Indicate the minimum mapping granularity you require for the pilot (examples: module-level to competency, lesson-level to skill, item-level tagging). Options: Module-level, Lesson-level, Item-level, Mixed
    • Who will adjudicate disputed content-to-competency mappings during the curation process?
    • Will you accept automated mapping rules as a first pass (examples: keyword match against competency descriptions) with human review to follow? Options: Yes, No
    • Indicate your target percentage of pilot content that should be mapped to competency IDs before go-live. Options: Greater than 90%, 75-90%, 50-75%, No minimum
    • Specify which content metadata fields must be preserved during mapping (examples: duration_seconds, assessment_item_count, publisher_license).

    Configure Skill-Based Learning Pathways

    • List the roles or job families you want targeted by initial learning pathways.
    • How many distinct learning pathways per role do you expect to configure for the pilot? Options: 1, 2-3, 4 or more
    • Select the pathway completion rule you prefer to represent skill progression. Options: Assessment pass only, Assessment plus manager signoff, Task completion plus assessment, Custom rule
    • Who will own each pathway for content maintenance and versioning (role or team)?
    • Will you require adaptive branching in pathways based on assessment performance during the pilot? Options: Yes, No
    • When should pathway versions be created following competency framework updates (examples: immediate upon update, quarterly)? Options: Immediate upon competency update, Quarterly, Annual, Manual schedule

    Provision Pilot Cohort and Enroll Learners

    • List the job roles and geographic regions that should be included in the pilot cohort.
    • How many learners should the pilot cohort include and how should they be distributed across roles? Options: Less than 25, 25-100, 101-500, More than 500
    • Who will be responsible for obtaining manager consent and enrolling direct reports into the pilot?
    • When will the pilot enrollment window open and what is the planned duration for the pilot? Options: Start within 2 weeks, run 4 weeks, Start in 3-6 weeks, run 6-12 weeks, Custom schedule
    • What acceptance criteria will confirm pilot cohort readiness (examples: roster load completed, manager enablement delivered to 100% of pilot managers, minimum N learners enrolled)? Options: Roster loaded successfully, 100% pilot managers enabled, Minimum enrolled learners met, All of the above, Custom
    • Select your preferred enrollment method for the pilot. Options: HRIS automated sync, CSV upload of pilot roster, Manual enrollment via UI, Other

    Activate Manager Enablement Portal

    • List the manager enablement artifacts required at pilot launch (examples: enablement playbook PDF, assessment interpretation guide, coaching prompts).
    • Who will approve manager-facing content and communications prior to portal activation?
    • Do managers require single sign-on integration from your corporate intranet to access the enablement portal? Options: Yes, No
    • Identify which manager cohorts need role-specific enablement (examples: people managers, technical leads, frontline supervisors). Options: People managers, Technical leads, Frontline supervisors, Other
    • How will you measure manager engagement with the enablement portal (examples: portal logins per manager, completion of enablement checklist)? Options: Portal logins, Enablement checklist completion, Manager feedback survey, Other
    • Are there required legal or HR reviews for manager coaching scripts before use? Options: Yes, No

    Instrument On-the-Job Application Tracking

    • List the on-the-job evidence sources you plan to use to measure application (examples: manager observations, work product submissions, performance metrics from your project or sales systems).
    • Specify the work-system metrics that must be ingested for application tracking (examples: task completion rate, code commit counts, sales conversion).
    • How often should on-the-job evidence sync to the platform for reporting purposes? Options: Near real-time, Daily, Weekly, On demand
    • Who will map work-product fields to competency IDs for application evidence ingestion?
    • Do you require an embedded manager observation form in the portal for lightweight evidence capture? Options: Yes, No
    • Indicate minimum data quality thresholds you require for on-the-job evidence (examples: 95% non-null employee_id, timestamped entries). Options: 95% non-null, 90% non-null, 75% non-null, Custom
  5. Mutual Commit

    Finalize commercial terms, data access and privacy obligations, implementation milestones, and success-based acceptance tied to measurable skill outcomes.

    Agreement Modules

    • Order Form
    • Subscription Agreement
    • Master Services Agreement (MSA)
    • Statement of Work (SOW)
    • Data Processing Agreement (DPA)
    • Success-Based Acceptance Annex
    • Implementation Milestone and Go/No-Go Schedule
    • API & Data Access Authorization
    • Regulatory Compliance Addendum (conditional)
  6. Deployment

    Lock readiness facts and configuration values before execution begins.

    1. Pre-Deployment Readiness

      Confirm concrete readiness facts — data sources, owners, pilot roster, environments, and go/no-go timing required before configuration begins.

      Pre-Deployment Questions

      Environment and access

      • Which environments will the buyer use for this engagement? (select all that apply — final environment identifiers belong in Configuration Details) Options: Single production environment, Production + staging/test, Production + staging + development, Pilot-only sandbox environment, Other (describe), Not yet decided
      • Is the buyer's production environment approved for integration, or what target date will it be available? (so we can schedule access and configuration windows)

      Data and configuration

      • Which categories of systems will supply job architecture, employee roster, or competency data for the pilot? (select all that apply — exact system IDs belong in Configuration Details) Options: Single HRIS, HRIS + LMS, HRIS + ATS, HRIS + data warehouse / EDW, SFTP / file drops, Custom API / integration endpoint, Other (describe)
      • Has the buyer identified a single source of truth for job architecture and agreed the mapping approach the platform will consume? Options: Yes — single source of truth identified and mapping approach decided, Partially — source identified but mapping approach pending, No — source undecided / multiple conflicting sources

      People and ownership

      • Who will own job architecture mapping and who will own the employee roster data? Provide role or team names (example: 'Job architecture owner: Talent Architecture team; Roster owner: HRIS team').
      • Confirm named owners for these workstreams so we can schedule kickoff tasks: deployment lead, IT/integration owner, and business sponsor. List role or team names (one per line).

      Timing and constraints

      • Is the pilot participant roster and manager assignment finalized (pilot roster must be definitive before configuration begins)? Options: Yes — roster and managers finalized, Partially — roles identified but participant names pending, No — roster not defined
      • Are there any timing constraints we must respect before configuration (blackout windows, scheduled product releases, security/compliance review dates, or required go/no‑go decision dates)? If yes, list each constraint and the role who controls approval.
    2. Configuration Details

      Lock exact configuration values the implementation team will use — job architecture mappings, API credentials, assessment thresholds, and curated content selections.

      Configuration Details

      Environment & Endpoints

      • Enter the production instance name to be used in configuration (exact string; e.g., "acme-prod"). This value is consumed by the build as the canonical instance ID.
      • Enter your production base URL (format: https://your-subdomain.example.com). Default is your corporate subdomain if previously provided in Pre-Deployment — enter the exact URL the platform will call.

      Authentication & Integrations

      • Select the buyer's identity provider type the platform will integrate with (choose one). Options: SAML-based IdP, OIDC-based IdP, SCIM-only (user sync), None
      • Enter your IdP metadata or discovery endpoint URL (format: https://...). Leave blank if 'None' selected above. (Note: supply only the metadata/endpoint URL — the secret exchange occurs via your secrets manager at kickoff.)

      Mappings & Job Architecture

      • Enter the canonical job-architecture source identifier your organization uses (exact string used in HRIS or talent model, e.g., "JobArch_v3" or your HRIS org shortname). This is the single identifier the configuration will map to competencies.

      Assessments & Acceptance Thresholds

      • Passing threshold for skill assessments (percentage). Default is 70 — confirm or specify another whole number between 0 and 100.
      • Minimum pilot cohort size (number of learners). Default is 20 — confirm or specify another integer.

      Content Curation & Deployment Controls

      • Choose the curated content selection method for initial configuration (single selection). Options: Platform-curated library only, Buyer-curated selections from marketplace, Blend: platform + buyer selections
      • Should manager enrollment (manager-facing enablement) be required before pilot launch? Default is 'Yes'. (Yes/No) Options: Yes, No
    3. Pilot & Rollout Execution

      Execute the pilot and phased rollout with clear owners, sequencing, manager enablement, measurement cadence, and escalation paths.

  7. Success

    Measure skill acquisition and on-the-job application against agreed success criteria, review adoption metrics, and track issues and enhancement requests.

    Success Reviews

    • Go-live Health Check (weeks 1-4)
    • First Measurement Review (weeks 4-10)
    • Acceptance Gate and Formal Acceptance Decision (around day 90)
    • Quarterly Operational Review (ongoing)
    • Annual Realization Review (12 months)

    Issues & Enhancements

    • Publish the prioritized enhancement and remediation backlog with acceptance criteria and target delivery quarters.
    • Remediation plan for any failed criteria documented with target dates to close gaps.
    • Publish the acceptance decision document listing pass/fail per criterion and the buyer signatory confirmation.
    • Record the incumbent decommissioning checklist showing contract/renewal actions and data archive completion status.
    • Create a remediation tracker for any failed criteria with discrete tasks and target closure dates.
    • Trend review of core outcome metrics
    • Quarterly metric trajectory for role competency coverage and time-to-competency is reviewed and understood.
    • High-impact open issues are prioritized and scheduled into the next quarter backlog.
    • Next quarter objectives include specific metric targets and the data sources to validate them.
    • Re-confirm success criteria and owners
    • Provide a metric evidence pack for the next quarterly review showing sources and calculation methods for each metric.
    • Circulate a short summary of closed items with before-and-after metric snapshots for validation.
    • Present annual outcomes versus targets
    • Clear judgment on whether annual skill acquisition and on-the-job performance met the targets recorded in Solution Scope.
    • Documented list of lessons learned and persistent blockers requiring governance or organizational change.
    • Action list for outstanding enhancements and measurement checkpoints for the next 12 months.
    • Produce a year-end realization report that includes metric definitions, baseline comparisons, and business impact correlations.
    • Create a governance checklist for sustaining measurement, including owners for ongoing data feeds and quarterly checkpoints.
    • Publish a concise lessons-learned brief with recommended adjustments to measurement or manager enablement approaches.
    • All required integrations and data feeds are confirmed functional for the pilot roster.
    • Early adoption signals are reviewed and a prioritized set of immediate remediation actions is agreed.
    • Open issues are captured with impact descriptions and resolution timelines.
    • Publish a validated deployment checklist showing integration endpoints, data feed status, and pilot roster completeness.
    • Log each open issue in the shared tracker with severity, brief impact note, and target resolution date.
    • Produce a two-week adoption monitoring plan for the pilot cohort, including data sources and cadence.
    • Present first measurement data
    • Clear understanding of how current proficiency and application metrics compare to targets recorded in Solution Scope.
    • Documented list of corrective actions with resolution dates that move toward acceptance.
    • Confirmed acceptance gate date and required evidence package.
    • Deliver the measurement dashboard export showing cohort-level assessment proficiency and manager application survey results for the period under review.
    • Publish a root-cause summary that links each identified gap to a corrective action and target completion date.
    • Assemble the evidence packet required at the acceptance gate, listing the specific reports and data extracts needed.
    • Restate acceptance criteria and targets
    • Formal acceptance decision recorded for each acceptance criterion in Solution Scope, with a named buyer signatory when required.
    • Incumbent system wind-down status confirmed and data migration or archiving documented.
    • Deployment and data validation
    • Root-cause analysis for gaps
    • Business impact correlation
    • Present outcome data against each criterion
    • Adoption and manager enablement review
    • Document pass or fail per acceptance criterion
    • Lessons learned and persistent blockers
    • Agree corrective actions and timeline
    • Open issues and enhancement backlog triage
    • Early adoption signals and usage patterns
    • Incumbent system decommissioning and data archiving
    • Blockers and open issues triage
    • Agree outstanding enhancement and governance actions
    • Confirm readiness criteria for acceptance gate
    • Validation of closed items and burn-down
    • Agree immediate remediation actions
    • Agree objectives and measurement plan for next quarter
    • Agree remediation items and resolution timeline
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