{
  "identification": {
    "tool_id": "T207-04",
    "tool_name": "Successor Development Tracker",
    "block_id": "B207"
  },
  "tool_design": {
    "format": "tracker",
    "role_in_intervention": "Tracks the real development of successor candidates across commercial, people, and operational decision-making.",
    "adaptation_variables": ["candidate_count", "role_scope", "review_frequency"],
    "usage_moment": "During successor coaching and delegation",
    "expected_output": "Tracked development plan for successor candidates",
    "linked_blocks": ["B207"]
  },
  "tool_risk_model": {
    "failure_warnings": [
      {
        "warning": "The tracker gathers numbers but nobody changes the plan.",
        "what_can_go_wrong": "The tool exists but the team still manages by memory.",
        "early_signals": ["Backfilled entries", "No owner on repeated issues", "No action from the last cycle"],
        "prevention": ["Use it at point of work", "Name one owner", "Review the last completed cycle before reuse"],
        "mitigation": ["Re-run one live example", "Strip it back to the vital fields", "Escalate repeat misses in the next review"],
        "if_occurs_next_signals": ["tool_adoption_failure", "surface_compliance_without_control"],
        "possible_successor_blocks": ["B207"]
      }
    ]
  },
  "content": "# Successor Development Tracker\n\n**Tool ID:** T207-04  \n**Block:** B207 (Succession Planning)  \n**Format:** tracker  \n**Primary user:** Owner or line manager  \n**Usage moment:** During successor coaching and delegation  \n**Expected output:** Tracked development plan for successor candidates\n\n## What This Tool Is For\n\nTracks the real development of successor candidates across commercial, people, and operational decision-making.\n\n## How To Use It\n\n1. Choose the capabilities a successor must demonstrate\n2. Track observed evidence, not only completed tasks\n3. Use real delegated decisions as the main test\n4. Review readiness honestly at set intervals\n\n## Working Sheet\n\n**Successor development**\n\n| Candidate | Capability area | Evidence seen | Gap | Next stretch task |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |\n\n## Review Prompts\n\n- Who is progressing because of evidence, not hope?\n- Which capability is hardest to hand over?\n- What real decision should be delegated next?\n\n## Failure Warning\n\n**Risk:** The tracker gathers numbers but nobody changes the plan.\n\n**Prevention:** Use it in the live workflow with one owner and one review moment.\n\n**If it breaks:** re-run one real cycle and tighten the fields to what the team will actually maintain.",
  "_schema_meta": {
    "schema_name": "ToolC_v2",
    "schema_version": "2.0.0",
    "source_file": "T207-04.md",
    "migration_method": "manual_enrichment_v3"
  }
}