{
  "identification": {
    "tool_id": "T207-05",
    "tool_name": "Business Sale Readiness Checklist",
    "block_id": "B207"
  },
  "tool_design": {
    "format": "checklist",
    "role_in_intervention": "Checks whether the business is ready for sale, investment, or handover with clean records, reduced owner dependency, and transferable systems.",
    "adaptation_variables": ["transaction_type", "site_count", "advisor_support"],
    "usage_moment": "Before sale preparation or external due diligence",
    "expected_output": "Sale-readiness checklist with gaps",
    "linked_blocks": ["B207"]
  },
  "tool_risk_model": {
    "failure_warnings": [
      {
        "warning": "The checklist is completed from memory after the moment has passed.",
        "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": "# Business Sale Readiness Checklist\n\n**Tool ID:** T207-05  \n**Block:** B207 (Succession Planning)  \n**Format:** checklist  \n**Primary user:** Owner  \n**Usage moment:** Before sale preparation or external due diligence  \n**Expected output:** Sale-readiness checklist with gaps\n\n## What This Tool Is For\n\nChecks whether the business is ready for sale, investment, or handover with clean records, reduced owner dependency, and transferable systems.\n\n## How To Use It\n\n1. Review financial, legal, people, and operating readiness\n2. Mark missing records or unresolved risks\n3. Assign owners to close the biggest gaps first\n4. Repeat the checklist before entering a real process\n\n## Working Sheet\n\n**Sale-readiness checks**\n\n| Area | Requirement | Current status | Gap owner |\n|---|---|---|---|\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |\n\n## Review Prompts\n\n- What issue would damage buyer confidence fastest?\n- Which gap is easy to hide internally but obvious externally?\n- What should be resolved before engaging advisers?\n\n## Failure Warning\n\n**Risk:** The checklist is completed from memory after the moment has passed.\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": "T207-05.md",
    "migration_method": "manual_enrichment_v3"
  }
}