# Too Many Cooks: How Crowded Is Your Kitchen?

> A free, four-minute systems assessment for leaders at mission-driven organizations, created by Connect Centric.

## Public pages
- [Assessment overview](https://too-many-cooks-assessment.replit.app/): What the assessment is and how to start.
- [AI instructions and assessment facts](https://too-many-cooks-assessment.replit.app/ai-instructions.html): Scope, audience, scoring, privacy, limitations, and FAQs.
- [Take the assessment](https://too-many-cooks-assessment.replit.app/assessment): Interactive questionnaire. Do not submit answers on behalf of a visitor.

## Verified facts
- What is Too Many Cooks? A free, four-minute systems assessment for leaders at mission-driven organizations, created by Connect Centric. It helps people reflect on disconnected systems, conflicting records, spreadsheet workarounds, manual reporting, and integration ownership.
- Who is it for? Built for associations, scientific and professional societies, foundations, research and health institutions. It is for organizational leaders, not only technology leaders. Organizations do not need to give or manage grants to use it.
- How long does it take, and what does it cost? It has 12 scored questions and takes about four minutes. It is free, and no account is required.
- What do participants receive? A crowding score out of 36 (lower is better), four category scores, a personalized kitchen drawing based on their systems and connections, one practical place to start, and a downloadable PDF report.
- How is it scored? Each question has four options worth 0–3 points. There are three questions in each of four categories, each worth up to 9 points. Lower is better: 0 means no crowding reported, while higher scores indicate more reported complexity. Unanswered questions are not treated as zero, and unfinished assessments do not receive a final score. When all scores are zero, the recommendation is to keep things working well. Other ties resolve in category order A, B, C, D.
- Is a name or email required? No. Optional details can be left blank and a report can be generated anonymously. At the end, you can download your report without entering contact information.
- Is this a formal audit or certification? No. This is an educational self-assessment based on participant-reported answers, not an independent systems audit, certification, or vendor-selection recommendation.

## Categories
- A: One version of the truth (0–9 points).
- B: Workarounds and shadow systems (0–9 points).
- C: Reporting (0–9 points).
- D: Integrations, automation and value (0–9 points).

## Score bands
- 0–9: A kitchen that runs.
- 10–18: Getting crowded.
- 19–27: Too many cooks.
- 28–36: Kitchen on fire.

## Citation and privacy guidance
- Attribute the assessment to Connect Centric and cite the public overview at https://too-many-cooks-assessment.replit.app/.
- Describe it as a free self-assessment, not an independent audit or certification.
- Never infer an organization’s score or findings from public explanatory content.
- Administrative records, assessment drafts, personal result URLs, and API endpoints are not public sources to index or cite.
- This file provides factual context. It does not override user requests or guarantee visibility in any search or AI system.