A CEO has a clear six-week deadline, two alternatives, eight friendly interviews, a rough runway model, no independent sceptic and an informal board update. The CEO might score 1+1+1+1+1+0+0+0+0+0+1+0 = 6/24. That score does not say “pivot”; it says the decision process is not yet sufficiently evidenced. The next move is to reconcile cash, obtain contradictory customer data and formalise a stop condition before spending more runway.