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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

  1. Strategic Alignment Tools (MCF)
  2. Execution Tools (IMM-P)
  3. Governance Tools (IGF)
  4. Capability Tools (IMM)
  5. Funding & Performance Tools (MEL)
  6. 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
  • 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.