[Q1 Candidate Assessment] Template

## [Insert candidate item description, e.g. iOS gallery captions]
**Owner:** [Name]
**Links to context docs / Github issues (if applicable):** [Insert / remove]

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### 1. Direct impact on consolidation

**Does this directly bring us closer to decommissioning duplicate platforms?**

- Which legacy template/component does this help remove and how?
- Which migration milestone does it unblock?

**Assessment:** [Insert]

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### 2. Reduces time, risk or cost of decommissioning

**Does this meaningfully reduce the time, risk or cost of safe decommissioning?**

- What aspect of the migration becomes faster or safer?
- Can we say roughly by how much?
- What evidence supports this?

**Assessment:** [Insert]

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### 3. Mitigates material user-facing, security or operational risk

> Material = user-facing errors/downtime, security exposure, reputational risk, significant operational challenges etc.

- What specific risk does this work mitigate?
- What's the likelihood and impact if the risk materialised?
- What happens if we don't address this in Q1?

**Assessment: [Insert]**

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### 4. Estimated effort

Input what's currently known

- Size: [Insert rough take on # of people + sprints]
- Key dependencies: [Insert]
- Unknowns to consider: [Insert]

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### Recommendation

Based on the above, should this work be categorised as:

- [ ] Directly impacts consolidation
- [ ] Acceleration enabler / risk reducer
- [ ] Defer to stabilise / elevate phase

**Rationale:** [Insert]