The Alexandria Method

Free self-assessment

Which level is your backbone?

Fifteen statements, three minutes, honest answers. Rate each from one, not true for us, to five, consistently true. You get your level on the Operational Backbone Ladder, the named next rung, and the two moves that get you there.

  1. How work moves

    1. Requests enter through one front door, not through hallways and inboxes.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    2. Anyone on the team can say who decides each kind of decision.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    3. Handoffs between people and teams have named owners on both sides.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    4. Priorities are set by an agreed rule, not by whoever asks loudest.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    5. Work rarely stalls waiting for one specific person to be available.
      Not true for usConsistently true

  2. How knowledge lives

    1. The processes that matter are written down and easy to find.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    2. Documentation has a named owner and gets reviewed on a rhythm.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    3. A new hire can get productive from what is written, not just from who they sit near.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    4. When someone leaves, their knowledge mostly stays.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    5. There is one current version of the truth, not four competing copies.
      Not true for usConsistently true

  3. How change lands

    1. When we roll out a new tool or process, adoption is planned, not hoped for.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    2. Changes still hold six months after launch.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    3. Every system we run has a named internal owner.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    4. We retire old ways of working instead of running them alongside the new.
      Not true for usConsistently true
    5. After each project, we capture what we learned where the next project will find it.
      Not true for usConsistently true

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