Readiness Assessment

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A readiness assessment is a conceptual approach to prepare for change. A series of questions are used as a brief checklist to ensure quality in decision-making. Questions can be customized to your agency and to some degree adjusted by the people and personalities that make up your agency. A readiness assessment emphasizes key areas of consideration prior to a final decision.

• Scope and balance

• Coherent goal setting/action points

• Outcome measures: “Impact of Budget Reductions on Performance Measures”, from Ramsey County, discusses problems with assuming that there is a clear and direct link between an agency’s budget and the performance measures that are included in a budget.  Performance measures are usually developed to create a picture of the overall performance of a particular area.  Specific reductions in services may or may not be reflected in changes in performance measures.

• Timelines

• Neutral consultation

• Predicting short-term and long-term effects – systemic prognosis (“Impact of Reductions”, from Ramsey County, lays out a strategy to evaluate the impact of budget reductions on the county’s ability to deliver effective services.)

• Implementation