Source-backed guide + release gate
Technology RFP readiness before release
Resolve seven operating, ownership, evidence, cost, acceptance, and local-review decisions before solicitation drafting takes over.
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Free decision tools, field kits, and source-linked guidance for public teams. No account or email is required to use the materials.
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Source-backed pattern atlas
Public Technology Failure Pattern Atlas
Recognize recurring procurement, evidence, control, AI, and K-12 technology patterns before they become larger failures.
Open resourceEight-minute decision tool
Public Technology Decision Pack Builder
Turn one operating problem into a private, printable record of owners, evidence, boundaries, and a smallest responsible test.
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Public Technology Pressure Tests
Start at the moment of pressure: a new-system request, an RFP release, or an AI vendor claim. Leave with a meeting-ready brief.
Open resourceFour-minute pressure test
Do you need new software?
Distinguish process repair, better use of an existing system, a smaller responsible scope, and a bounded pilot.
Open resourceFive-minute pressure test
Is this project ready for an RFP?
Expose gaps in outcome, ownership, data, requirements, evaluation, whole-life cost, acceptance, exit, and the local route.
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Can the AI vendor prove it?
Turn AI claims into common demonstrations, evidence requests, acceptance conditions, monitoring duties, and exit questions.
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Scope Cutter
Reduce a stalled technology effort to one useful outcome, one safe boundary, and one decision.
Open resourceFlagship guide + workbook
AI procurement scoping
Decide whether AI belongs in the solution, then define the team, data, test, contract, and exit conditions.
Open resourceWorked example + editable files
AI procurement worked example
Use a fictional end-to-end pack for requirements, vendor demonstration, evaluation, pricing, pilot acceptance, and exit planning.
Open resourceK-12 operational guide
School transportation vendor management and billing
Connect contracts, assignments, service evidence, invoice lines, exceptions, credits, and approval without turning every line into an investigation.
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Transportation invoice review
For K-12 transportation, finance, procurement, and IT staff
A compact review for comparing what was contracted, assigned, delivered, billed, adjusted, and approved.
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Grant or subrecipient monitoring
For K-12 program, grants, finance, procurement, and compliance staff
A working session for building one defensible trail from subaward setup through monitoring, follow-up, and closeout.
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Capital or IT portfolio intake
For K-12 operational owners, finance, facilities, procurement, IT, privacy, and security staff
A comparable intake record for deciding what should enter a roadmap, what needs discovery, and what should stop.
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K-12 cybersecurity readiness
For district leadership, IT, communications, finance, legal, privacy, safety, and operational owners
A bounded readiness session that turns broad cybersecurity concern into named owners, evidence, and the next exercise.
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