Your result
Developing: The System Is Taking Shape
You have real structure: an inventory, some separation between the map and the keys, at least one other person who knows the system exists. The gaps that remain are specific, and you can probably name them yourself: the backup that lives in the same place as the original, the orientation document that drifts out of date, the one account only you can reach.
This is the stage where finishing matters more than adding. The architecture is designed; the remaining work is closing the loops you already know are open.
Where the points went
These are the questions that pulled your score down — each one is a specific, fixable gap, and the order below is a reasonable order to fix them in.
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The roadmap
The Recoverable Family by R. Martin Colby is the full system this assessment comes from: the FIRM System, built one Module at a time. The book arrives October 2026.
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The next 30 days
- Run the two-minute test on your main information document: anything that would cause harm on a kitchen counter moves behind the Vault.
- Fix your single point of failure. Whichever question cost you a point, that is the loop to close first.
- Set a review interval and write it down. A system reviewed on a rhythm stays current; a system reviewed "sometime" degrades.
Recoverability is a capacity that matures. Put a note on your calendar to retake this assessment in six months.