Tools to Use

The Readiness Thinking Tool (RTT) was created by Wandersman Center to help organizations identify the facilitators and barriers within their change effort.  To obtain a printable copy of this tool, click on the icon to the right--it is available for download under a Creative Commons License. If you want to customized the RTT for your organization, please contact us, and we will send you an editable Word document.

If you have already used the RTT to engage stakeholders, we want to hear from you. We are compiling lessons learned about its value and effectiveness, so please contact us with your feedback. 

The Quality Implementation Self-Assessment Rating Scale (QISARS) provides a point-in-time assessment of an organization's quality of implementation and should be used to inform the next steps for implementation support. Its intended purpose is to identify areas of strength as well as areas that may need additional support so that the organization may be better prepared to undertake a Quality Implementation Process. Click on the icon to the left to download the QISARS tool. 

The Readiness for Recovery and Resilience (RRR) Tool is a recently developed tool that can be used when significant, major and unexpected disruptions occur. Stimulated by COVID-19,  it has shown to be useful in helping organizations assess their readiness in order to respond and adapt to changes caused by major disruptions. 

Click here to see a sample report that resulted from the RRR. 

The table below lists the settings in which readiness has been applied by the Wandersman Center.