This is one of nine dimensions in the OpsCorp method. The Planning Readiness Scorecard assesses your program across all nine in under ten minutes.
What It Is
Dependency Discovery surfaces the hidden dependencies that no single stakeholder can see from their vantage point. While Cross-Functional Dependencies maps the known relationships, this artifact is designed to find the ones nobody mentions until they break.
Why It Matters
The dependencies that kill programs are the ones nobody sees coming. They live in the gaps between teams: shared data sources, common infrastructure, seasonal resource constraints, and upstream decisions that cascade in unexpected ways. Dependency Discovery is a structured process for finding them before they find you.