10 — Templates & Tools
10 – Templates & Tools
How to Read This Chapter
This chapter provides the practical tools needed to implement VILF across roles and tiers.
10.1 Purpose
Tools ensure:
- standardization,
- documentation consistency,
- governance compliance,
- MEL integration,
- capability growth.
10.2 Template Domains
- Strategic Alignment Tools (MCF)
- Execution Tools (IMM-P)
- Governance Tools (IGF)
- Capability Tools (IMM)
- Funding & Performance Tools (MEL)
- Legal Tools
10.3 Strategic Alignment Templates
- lab mandate charter
- challenge intake form
- stakeholder map
10.4 Execution & Evidence Templates
- pre-discovery checklist
- research pack
- validation pack
- solution development pack
- implementation pathway template
10.5 Governance Templates
- decision rights matrix
- escalation blueprint
- governance review checklist
- accreditation rubric
10.6 Capability Templates
- IMM readiness assessment
- capability plan
- annual maturity reassessment
10.7 Funding & Performance Templates
- KPI scorecard
- MEL review pack
- funding allocation template
- challenge fund application
- pooled fund contribution form
10.8 Legal Templates
- MoU
- ToR for labs, hubs, NCU
- decree template
- data-sharing agreement
- IP template
- PPP agreement
10.9 Deployment Toolkits
- lab launch toolkit
- hub deployment toolkit
- NCU establishment toolkit
- network scaling toolkit
10.10 Connection to References
Chapter 11 lists the global sources that inform these tools.