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MGS Executive Toolkit · ET-004

Decision support tool

Business Plan Validation Matrix

Challenge the plan before optimism becomes a financing or investment commitment.

Test whether a business plan is coherent across market, revenue, cost, cash, capacity, risk and execution.

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Editable XLSX file compatible with Excel, Numbers and Google Sheets.

When to use itBefore committing resources or accepting a difficult-to-reverse exposure.
What to prepareVerifiable evidence, owners, limits and alternatives.
What you will obtainSeparate documented assumptions from unsupported projections.

What problem it helps solve

Test whether a business plan is coherent across market, revenue, cost, cash, capacity, risk and execution.

Questions to answer

  • Is the need specific and evidenced?
  • Why will customers choose and pay?
  • Is the addressable market realistic?
  • Are volume, price and conversion assumptions coherent?
  • Are fixed, variable and implementation costs complete?
  • Does the plan survive timing and working-capital needs?

How the result is interpreted

The 0–100 result is calculated from confirmed rows. Completeness is shown separately so that form completion is not confused with decision quality.

What it does not replace

The tool does not replace legal, financial, tax, technical or regulatory verification when specialist review is required.

Within the framework

Diagnose and decide

This tool forms part of the MGS Strategic Intelligence Framework™. The MGS Decision Framework™ is the decision sub-method used within the Diagnose, Prioritise and Decide phases.

Review methodology criteria, scoring and limitations.

Next step

When the tool identifies material exposure

Convert material gaps into a decision question, a verifiable scope and an expected outcome.

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