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Use it when the project looks acceptable on paper, but the signals underneath are not giving you much comfort.

Check whether green status is hiding strain.
Turn project discomfort into clearer risk language.
Find the first stabilization move before the situation gets louder.

From the field desk: Run the fake-green check before optimism becomes the plan.

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What you get

For projects that still look fine in the update, but not in your stomach.

A fake-green status check

Signals that the project is reporting well while delivery, decisions, capacity, or stakeholder behaviour are starting to say something else.

Risk prompts for projects under strain

Questions that help you move from “this feels wrong” to clearer evidence, next steps, and escalation language.

A first stabilization move

A practical way to identify what needs attention first so the next conversation has more structure and less panic.

Why PMs use it

This is for the PM who can see the wobble before the dashboard admits it.

Act before the project officially turns red

The earlier you can name the pressure, the fewer heroic recoveries you need later.

Turn instinct into evidence

Use questions and prompts that make the concern easier to explain and harder to dismiss.

Escalate cleaner

Move from vague worry to a practical conversation about risk, decision, and next action.

Real pages from the resource.

The file is designed as a practical field tool: clear prompts, useful language, and enough structure to act without turning it into another project artifact.