Technical Continuity Self-Check

How well will your critical technical capabilities remain available when things change?

Twelve questions provide an initial orientation. The Self-Check is deliberately not a TC rating and not a certification. Its purpose is to show where a closer look may be worthwhile.

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This result is a non-binding self-check. It is not a Technical Continuity Assessment, not a TC Level and not a certification.

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Why these 12 questions?

The Self-Check is not looking for perfection.

It looks for situations where technical capability works today but may not yet be sufficiently embedded in the company. Particularly important are single-person dependencies, unclear restore capability and the absence of robust long-term cover.

Thought experiment

If a qualified external engineer arrived tomorrow, could they use what is available in the company to understand and recover the critical capability?

How well will your critical technical capabilities remain available when things change?

Do you know which technical systems or capabilities would significantly impair production, delivery capability or essential business processes if they failed?

For every critical technical function, are there at least two people who can actually perform it?

Could a new qualified person find enough information to take over the most important technical tasks?

Can you reliably locate the current control, HMI, CNC, robot or drive data for your critical systems?

Are you confident that these data could actually be restored using the software, licences, passwords, tools and parameters available to the company?

Could a competent external engineer take over a critical system without depending on the specific specialist who manages it today?

For your critical technical systems, is it clear who could provide competent support for faults, changes or recovery — even if today's manufacturer, integrator or specialist were no longer available?

Do you know which critical components are difficult to source, and are there replacement, repair or migration paths for them?

Does the technical documentation required for your critical systems reflect their actual current state — including relevant drawings, configurations, software and parameter versions, interfaces, changes and special characteristics?

Could a critical technical capability continue reliably for several months without its most important key person — without significant restrictions on production, quality or delivery capability?

In the event of a serious control or hardware failure, is the path from diagnosis through spare parts and software to testing and restart known?

Could a new technical manager or successor quickly and reliably identify which technical capabilities are critical, where the key dependencies lie, and where action or investment is required?

The Self-Check is not looking for perfection.