Six checks

Write the operating facts before using a location guide.

Use one task group at a time. Your answers stay in this browser tab. This tool does not save or submit them.

1. Approved work boundary

Is one task group named, with work that remains outside it?

One approved task group and its boundary are written down The task group is known, but its boundary needs owner confirmation The task group or its boundary is missing

2. Time basis and working days

Are both timezones, working days, and the person who must confirm the actual schedule recorded? Do not enter an individual's availability.

Both timezones, working days, and the confirmation owner are recorded The time basis is drafted, but needs owner or provider confirmation A timezone, working-day record, or confirmation owner is missing

3. Necessary live-review window

Is one live purpose and its review or escalation owner written in both parties' local terms?

One live purpose, window, and owner route are written down A live window is proposed, but needs owner confirmation No necessary live window or owner route is clear

4. Async handoff

Is the approved handoff record, cutoff, and next review point clear?

The handoff record, cutoff, and next review point are written down An async handoff exists, but needs owner confirmation No handoff cutoff or review point is clear

5. Exceptions and stop point

Are calendar exceptions, work that pauses, and the escalation trigger recorded?

Calendar checks, held work, and the escalation trigger are written down An exception path exists, but needs owner confirmation Calendar checks, held work, or an escalation trigger are missing

6. Access and decision route

Is the current access boundary, system owner, and authorized decision route recorded? This is not an access request.

The access boundary, system owner, and decision route are written down An access or decision route exists, but needs owner confirmation No access boundary or authorized decision route is clear

Do not paste passwords, API keys, personal data, customer records, payment details, contracts, exact schedules, or confidential source contents. This planning aid does not choose a country, verify availability, assign work, confirm coverage, authorize access, set service levels, or make staffing, customer, financial, legal, privacy, security, policy, contract, clinical, or regulatory decisions.

Use the result

Make the work window specific before you narrow the country path.

A proposed overlap is not proof that a team, candidate, provider, or location can cover the work. Use the record to separate what needs to happen live from what can move through a written handoff.

Name one approved task group and the work that remains outside it.
Write both timezones, working days, and the owner who confirms the actual schedule.
Record one necessary live-review or escalation purpose and the async handoff that sits around it.
State calendar checks, stop conditions, current access limits, and the authorized decision route.
Use the result to prepare an owner or provider conversation before comparing locations.

Resolve the open check

Prepare the work window before you compare locations.

Write the operating facts before using a location guide.

Make the work window specific before you narrow the country path.

Open the record that makes the owner conversation concrete.

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