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White-label handover checklist

See what must be agreed before work starts.

Try the handover pack
The film: the checklist in 25 seconds. An illustrative example; nothing is signed, cleared or sent.
What the film shows, in words
  1. See what must be agreed before work starts.
  2. NDA signed. Data handling and change control still open. Not yet to start.
  3. Data handling agreed. One part still missing.
  4. A change-control rule in writing. Ready to start.
  5. Three acceptance tests: one by the partner, one by both, one by the agency. Due in 35 days.
  6. No client contact. No portfolio use.

The demo: the worked example, one field at a time

ExampleAn agency commissioning a market study under its own brand (illustrative).

The NDA is signed. Two things still stop the start.

Step 1 of 4

3 acceptance criteria, due 13 Nov 2026. The tool says “Not yet” to start. Its flags: Data handling is not agreed. No change-control rule. The floor is in; the back wall and the roof are outlines.

  • Floor: NDA. Signed
  • Back wall: Data handling. Data handling is not agreed.
  • Roof: Change control. No change-control rule.
  • Screen: No client contact. Frosted
  • Screen: No portfolio use. Frosted

On the bench

Deliverable
Market study: packaged foods in Ghana, 40 pages, agency template
Version naming
StudyGH_v0.1 for drafts, v1.0 for final
Due to the agency
13 Nov 2026

What is still open

  • Stops the startData handling is not agreed. Agree where files live, who can see them and when they are deleted.
  • Stops the startNo change-control rule. Without one, scope creep lands on whoever has the least leverage.

Who tests

  1. 1Every figure has a dated sourceTest: Source table checked line by line. Tested by the partner.
  2. 2Follows the agency template and style guideTest: Template checklist. Tested by the agency.
  3. 3No partner branding or names anywhereTest: Search the file and its metadata. Tested by both.

Now your own handover, part by part.

Define the deliverable, the acceptance tests and the rules.

Close the room

These three decide the verdict.

Signed. The floor is in.

Data handling is not agreed. Agree where files live, who can see them and when they are deleted.

No change-control rule. Without one, scope creep lands on whoever has the least leverage.

On the bench

The work, its versions and its date.

The front screen

What the end client’s side never sees.

Frosted.

Frosted.

Acceptance tests

One mark in the room for each criterion, placed by who tests it: the partner at the back, both in the middle, the agency at the front.

Criteria

  1. 01
  2. 02
  3. 03

After handover

What outlives the handover: delivery, support, data export, rights, rebranding, recurring costs and exit. For each, the side that owns it, a named owner, what is agreed and whether it is in writing. The pack prints only what you enter and grants nothing.

Arrangements after handover

    Nothing is entered here, so the verdict rests on the conditions above. Enter one arrangement and the pack will also ask for a support commitment in writing.

    What the tool says

    3acceptance criteria
    13 Nov 2026due to the agency
    Not yetto start

    Before work starts

    • Gap: Data handling is not agreed.Agree where files live, who can see them and when they are deleted.
    • Gap: No change-control rule.Without one, scope creep lands on whoever has the least leverage.

    Handover pack

    Deliverable

    Market study: packaged foods in Ghana, 40 pages, agency template

    • Due: 13 Nov 2026
    • Versions: StudyGH_v0.1 for drafts, v1.0 for final

    Acceptance

    • Every figure has a dated source. Test: Source table checked line by line. Tested by: partner.
    • Follows the agency template and style guide. Test: Template checklist. Tested by: agency.
    • No partner branding or names anywhere. Test: Search the file and its metadata. Tested by: both.

    Confidentiality

    • NDA: signed
    • End-client contact: only on request
    • Portfolio use: none
    • Data handling: NOT agreed

    Change control

    NOT agreed

    Your editable templateThe handover pack, drafted belowSee the pack

    Practice 08: Growth, representation & partnershipsFree · instant results on this pageTool owner: Kenneth GagakumaVersion 1.0 ·

    DOCXThe pack the checklist drafts, as your handover stands

    Not yet to start2 to agree before work starts. Data handling is not agreed. No change-control rule.

    Handover pack

    Deliverable

    Market study: packaged foods in Ghana, 40 pages, agency template

    • Due: 13 Nov 2026
    • Versions: StudyGH_v0.1 for drafts, v1.0 for final

    Acceptance

    • Every figure has a dated source. Test: Source table checked line by line. Tested by: partner.
    • Follows the agency template and style guide. Test: Template checklist. Tested by: agency.
    • No partner branding or names anywhere. Test: Search the file and its metadata. Tested by: both.

    Confidentiality

    • NDA: signed
    • End-client contact: only on request
    • Portfolio use: none
    • Data handling: NOT agreed

    Change control

    NOT agreed

    Your editable template

    Handover pack, by email once delivery is connected.

    • Scope
    • Responsibilities and QA checklist

    Preview only. No email will be sent. Your results are available above.

    Nothing you enter here is sent anywhere. Privacy notice

    · a free brief, or book Kenneth · from USD 90
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    How it checks, and its limits.

    1. 01

      The pack is ready only when an NDA is signed, data handling and change control are agreed, and there is at least one acceptance criterion, each with a test.

    2. 02

      Each criterion names who tests it: the agency, the partner or both.

    3. 03

      Once an arrangement after handover is entered, the pack also needs a support commitment: a side that owns it, a named owner, what is agreed, and agreed in writing. Other arrangements with a gap are listed as open and do not stop the start.

    As the tool is built todayThe verdict turns on the NDA, data handling, change control and the acceptance criteria: at least one, each with a test. A criterion without a test stops “Ready”. So does a missing support commitment, once any arrangement after handover is entered. The three parts of the room are equal: the tool ranks none above another.

    What it cannot tell you

    It is a checklist, not a contract; put the terms in writing.

    • Your client contract may impose rules the partner must also follow.
    • It does not assess the partner’s quality.

    Quality ruleIncludes confidentiality, versions and change-control check.

    When the work goes out under the agency’s name.

    The checklist records what two sides say they have agreed. Talking a white-label arrangement through is a service.

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    Not yet to start2 to agree before work starts

    A brief is free to send. The verdict beside the button is the checklist’s reading of the entries in the tool above; it is not clearance.

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