Service Assessment Report: [Service Name]
Phase: [Discovery Check-in / Alpha / Beta / Live]
Overall Result: [Met / Not Met]
Assessment Date: [Date]
Executive Summary
[High-level panel narrative. Name the result, the deciding evidence, and any red line that fired. Mention commendations here when the panel recorded them.]
Point-by-Point Findings
1. Understand user needs
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
2. Solve a whole problem for users
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
3. Provide a joined-up experience across all channels
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
4. Make the service simple to use
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
5. Make sure everyone can use it
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
6. Have a multidisciplinary team
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
7. Use agile ways of working
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
8. Iterate and improve frequently
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
9. Create a secure service which protects users' privacy
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
10. Define what success looks like and publish performance data
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
11. Choose the right tools and technology
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
12. Make new source code open
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
13. Use open standards and common platforms
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
14. Operate a reliable service
- Decision: [Met / Not Met / Not assessed / Not reassessed]
- Assessor Findings: [Summary of evidence reviewed and observations]
Conditions
[Mandatory items that must be resolved prior to moving to the next phase. Write "None." when the result is Met and no red line fired.]
Recommendations
[Discretionary advisory points for team consideration. Write "None." when the panel has no advisory points.]