Free working tool · About 6 minutes

Which evidence gap matters next?

Work through one product, application and market. Twelve questions help you locate the evidence to request before your next commitment.

This is a self-assessment of the evidence you say you have. It does not verify that evidence or certify technical, regulatory or investment readiness.

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Choose “Documented” only if you can point to evidence that answers the question. “Partly supported” means a material gap remains. “No evidence yet” means you have checked and found a gap. “I do not know” means its status is unknown.

01. Application

Does the evidence answer the intended product question?

1. Have you defined one product, intended use and target market?

A product brief with a named use and market.

2. Have you tested performance against a relevant alternative?

A documented comparison under conditions relevant to that use.

02. Scale

What changes beyond the laboratory?

3. Have you identified the process assumptions that change at the intended scale?

A process map with scale-sensitive assumptions and their limits.

4. Have you traced recovery, quality and variability to the accepted final product?

Evidence beyond fermentation output alone, including losses and specification.

03. Requirements

What must be resolved before this sale?

5. Have you documented the applicable product, use and market requirements?

A scoped assessment by an appropriately competent person.

6. Have you assigned owners and evidence needs for unresolved requirements?

A dated list of gaps and responsibilities, including safety and quality where relevant.

04. Adoption

What would make a buyer accept it?

7. Has a relevant prospective buyer confirmed the intended use and acceptance criteria?

A traceable conversation or document, with its limits made clear.

8. Have you tested the product against those acceptance criteria?

Application evidence using an agreed comparison; interest alone is not an order.

05. Economics

What does an accepted product cost?

9. Does your cost model include recovery, rejected material, utilisation and relevant downstream costs?

A model linked to accepted output, with sources for its assumptions.

10. Have you tested how consequential assumptions change cost and cash needs?

Sensitivity checks covering plausible changes and their cash consequences.

06. Next commitment

What should happen before you commit?

11. Have you named the next commitment, its alternative and the consequence of being wrong?

A specific decision with a time horizon and resources at stake.

12. Have you defined the next check, its owner and what result would change the decision?

An executable test or evidence request with a review date and decision condition.

Facilitated workshop

Bring the question to a Decision Lab.

Work through the evidence with a team, challenge the preferred option and define a useful next test. See the programme, sample output and pricing before making an enquiry.

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