Readiness Review Process

How readiness is assessed on a cadence, by whom, and against what criteria — before any external claim changes.

Reviews turn opinion into a record

A readiness review is a structured checkpoint that assesses whether a system meets defined criteria to advance. Reviews exist so that maturity is judged against evidence and criteria rather than enthusiasm, and so that the judgment is documented and auditable.

What a Kronos readiness review examines

• Technology, manufacturing, and integration readiness together — a plant is limited by its least-ready dimension.
• The status of each open gate, with evidence for any proposed change in status.
• Reproducibility of the simulation results underpinning design claims.
• Alignment of external materials with the current evidence — no claim ahead of its gate.

Independence and cadence

Reviews carry more weight when the reviewers are not the authors of the work. Kronos pairs internal review cadence with external scrutiny — a public physics basis, deposited reproducible results, and peer review — so that outside experts can challenge the claims. The point is not to pass reviews but to surface problems early, while they are cheap to fix.

No external readiness claim is upgraded without a corresponding review outcome behind it, which is what keeps this library's verbs honest.