The Command Centre
The methodology turned into a tool. Walk it stage by stage against your own programme to see where you sit, where you diverge from the methodology, and what the next move looks like.
No sign-up. No gate. Your stage readiness state stays in your browser — close the tab, come back next week, your work is still there.
Open the Command Centre
The full Method Command Centre — nine tabs covering Stages, Timeline, Business Case, Governance, Roles, Decks & Audiences, Stage Finder, Readiness, and supporting commentary. Self-contained, runs in your browser.
Launch the Method Command Centre →There is also a standalone Testing Framework Command Centre covering the eight-level testing model with explicit role distinctions per level:
What it does
Methodology, made interactive
The Command Centre is the active expression of Keystone — the written methodology pages on this site are the reference. The two cross-link, so you can move between "what does the methodology say about Solution Design & Full Business Case (S12)?" and "where is my S12 actually?" without losing your place.
Inside, you get:
- A full lifecycle view — six phases, twenty stages, the gate scheme overlaid (two Board Gates, one Executive Go/No-Go, the Phase Checkpoints, the Go-Live event marker), plus the multi-wave delivery overlay if your programme is multi-wave.
- A readiness checklist per stage — what you should have evidenced by now, what's outstanding, what's been formally accepted with rationale rather than waved through. This is what your state persists across sessions.
- The eight testing levels mapped — Unit, FAT, Mini-BAT, SAT, SIT, UAT, BAT, NFT, with role distinctions per level and exit criteria.
- The role catalogue and governance bodies — by stage, with formation points and meeting cadences.
- The business case maturity timeline — Value Definition & Case for Change (S2) benefits, Funding Envelope & Benchmark Costs (S6), SI Selection with ROM Pricing (S9), Solution Design & Full Business Case (S12), with variance ranges per checkpoint.
- The Stage Finder — answer a few questions about your programme and the tool tells you which stage you're functionally in (often different from the stage your team thinks they're in).
How it works under the bonnet
Local, private, no account required
The Command Centre is a self-contained HTML and JavaScript file that runs entirely in your browser. There is no server, no backend, no account, no login. Your stage readiness state is saved to your browser's local storage — it persists across sessions on the same device, but doesn't follow you to a different browser or computer.
If you want to share your assessment with a colleague, or move it between devices, the tool has an export-to-file feature. Save it, send it, import it on the other device. The methodology is openly published; the data about your programme is yours.
None of your assessment data leaves your browser. The site uses privacy-respecting analytics for visitor counts only — no cookies, no tracking, no profile-building. See the privacy notice for the full picture.
When to use it
Three good moments
- Before a Steering Committee. Walk the readiness checklist for your current stage. Surfaces the items you should be calling out as not-yet-evidenced rather than waving through.
- Before a discovery call. Even ten minutes against the Command Centre sharpens the conversation. The discovery call lands harder when you arrive with "I've spotted these three gaps" rather than "we're not sure where we are."
- When you suspect drift. Programmes that feel "fine" sometimes look quite different against a structured assessment. The Command Centre is a quick way to test that suspicion against an opinionated reference.
Want to talk through what the Command Centre surfaced about your programme?