The Armory
Proprietary templates, calculators, and protocols that transform knowledge into daily operational utility. These are not generic downloads—they are Execution Instruments engineered for IT leaders.
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Financial Engineering
For CIOs & CFOs
The OpenBook™ Budget Architect
TBM-Aligned Financial Template
Stop budgeting for "Servers." Start budgeting for "Velocity." This TBM-aligned template automatically categorizes spend into Run vs. Grow vs. Transform, giving you the unit economics required to defend your budget to the Board.
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IT Cost Allocation Matrix
Chargeback Model Builder
Map every dollar of IT spend to business outcomes. This forensic template exposes "Ghost Costs" hidden in shared services and enables transparent chargeback conversations with business units.
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Intake Governance
For Business Analysts
The ID² Requirements Filter
Intake Governance Protocol
Prevent Execution Drag at the source. This forensic intake form forces stakeholders to define "Definition of Done" and "Criticality" before the work enters the engineering queue. Stops "Scope Creep" by electrifying the fence around requirements.
Change Request Specification
RFC Documentation Standard
The standard Request for Change template used by high-performing IT organizations. Includes mandatory fields for rollback procedures, blast radius analysis, and stakeholder sign-off.
Strategic Proposals
For IT Directors
The Capacity Recovery Business Case
Executive Proposal Deck
Don't ask for headcount. Ask for capacity. This pre-written deck uses the "Ghost FTE" logic to prove that hiring more full-time employees will actually slow down velocity. Use this to get sign-off for Embedded Outcome Teams.
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MSP Vendor Evaluation Scorecard
Due Diligence Framework
Stop selecting vendors on price alone. This forensic scorecard evaluates MSPs across 12 dimensions including transparency, velocity metrics, and knowledge transfer protocols. Exposes "Black Box" operators.
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Operational Physics
For SREs & Ops Managers
The Change Governance Checklist
Visible Ops Production Protocol
Based on the Visible Ops Handbook. A mandatory 15-point checklist to "Electrify the Fence" before any production change. Reduces change failure rates by forcing causality analysis.
Blameless Postmortem Template
Incident Learning Protocol
Transform incidents from blame games into learning opportunities. This structured template guides teams through timeline reconstruction, contributing factors, and corrective actions without finger-pointing.