Is your project moving, or just professionally circling?
Use the Stuck Project Scorecard to diagnose where your work is losing momentum, then leave with a clearer view of what to fix first.
Most stuck work does not look stuck. It looks busy.
The meeting produces another meeting
Everyone talks, everyone nods, and nobody leaves with a decision that can survive the room.
The blockers are wrapped in fog
People say legal, data, budget or governance is blocking progress, but the real Condition to Proceed is not named.
The work has activity, not proof
There are actions, updates and decks. What is missing is evidence that the project can actually move.
Score your project against the five VOLTS moves.
The scorecard gives you a practical read on where your project is losing momentum. It is not a maturity model, a corporate horoscope or a new excuse to create a steering group.
Answer each question honestly. At the end, you will get a score, a diagnosis and the first next move to focus on.
Diagnose the drift.
For each question, choose No, Partly or Yes. Be honest. The useful answer is not the polite one.
Your project score
Complete the scorecard to see your diagnosis.
Score band
Your summary will appear here.
Send me the scorecard pack
Get the printable PDF Scorecard plus the 3-things-to-watch-this-week guide. Two fields. No job title. No form-shaped hostage situation.
You’ll get the PDF immediately. The welcome email should arrive shortly after with the PDF and three common scorecard patterns to watch this week.
How can I help my team make better decisions and move important work forward?
The scorecard is designed for exactly that question. It helps you identify whether the work is stuck because the decision is unclear, the blockers are foggy, the proof step is missing, the cadence is weak or the story does not travel.
Start by diagnosing where the work is stuck. The Stuck Project Scorecard helps teams identify whether the problem is unclear decisions, hidden blockers, weak proof, poor cadence or a story that does not travel. From there, you can use the VOLTS Method to focus the next move.
The Stuck Project Scorecard is a practical diagnostic tool for project drift. It scores work across five areas: Visualise & Align, Own the Obstacles, Launch & Learn, Track & Tune, and Story & Spark.
A stalled project usually needs a clearer decision, named blockers, a smaller proof step, a stronger cadence and a story people can repeat. The scorecard shows which of those is weakest, then points you towards the right VOLTS move.
If the same topics keep coming back, meetings feel productive but nothing changes, or nobody can repeat the decision afterwards, the work may be stuck in alignment theatre. The scorecard helps expose that pattern. You can also read the guide to alignment theatre.
Use your weakest VOLTS score as the starting point. If the decision score is low, write a Decision Sentence. If proof is weak, create a small Proof Plan. If the team needs help applying it, the VOLTS Workshop is built for that.
The scorecard is part of the VOLTS ecosystem behind Just F*cking Ship It by Matthew Barrington-Packer, the VOLTS Method book for turning stuck meetings into decisions, and decisions into shipped outcomes.
Want the printable scorecard and the 3 things to watch this week?
Send yourself the PDF Scorecard plus a short guide to the most common patterns: unclear decisions, foggy blockers and proof-free progress.
If the score stings a bit, good. That means it found something useful.
The scorecard is the first step. If your project needs a clearer decision, a Proof Plan and a working rhythm, the VOLTS Method is built for exactly that.
