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pacing zone readiness

eight conditions. one honest read on whether your org is built to run this.

the zones framework is a classification and governance system. the mechanics are simple. what breaks it is the org underneath. this diagnostic checks the conditions that have to be true before the framework has anything to land on. eight questions, three possible states, one specific read on what to fix first.

01 trust signal
Leaders can name a decision that moved fast recently without a meeting.
02 evidence
Teams can point to specific customer evidence that justifies a project's zone classification before they start building.
03 named authority
A single person can say "no" to a request without escalating to a committee.
04 safe-to-fail culture
Failing a Zone 1 experiment is treated as a learning, not a failure of judgment.
05 operational readiness
Cross-functional partners (Legal, Security, Eng) have a known SLA for gate reviews.
06 outcome readiness
The team can name the specific behavior change it expected for the last three features it shipped.
07 classification fluency
The team can distinguish a Zone 2 (design-first) build from a Zone 3 (shell-only) build before writing code.
08 shared bar
Engineering, Legal, and Security agree on what "no shortcuts" means for identity and payments work.
answer all eight to continue

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