> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.aireadyscore.com.au/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Running an assessment

> Start a run, answer each section, and submit, with autosave, validation, and what happens next.

This walks through taking an assessment from start to submit.

## Start a run

Open **Evaluations → AI Readiness** and choose an assessment. Its overview shows a start
control, **Start \[assessment]**, or **Start a new \[assessment]** if you've completed it
before. If you already have a run open, use **Continue** to pick up where you left off.

If you've submitted this assessment before, a dialog offers to reuse your answers:

* **Prefill from a previous submission?**, choose **Review pre-filled answers** to carry
  answers over, or **Start blank** (*"No answers carried over."*).
* It tells you how many will be reused: *"\[n] of \[m] questions will be pre-filled."*
* Reused answers are marked with a **Pre-filled** badge and, as the dialog reminds you,
  *"Pre-filled answers are highlighted in the form and clear the moment you edit them."*
* Use **Continue**, then **Start with these answers**, or **Back**.

## Answer each section

<Steps>
  <Step title="Work through the sections">
    You answer one section at a time. The header shows your place, for example *"Section 2
    of 7"*. Use **Next** to move forward and **Back** to return. Rating questions carry a
    **Rating guide** naming what each level means, from **1 Ad hoc** to **5 Optimised**:
    *"Rate each item from \[min] (weakest) to \[max] (strongest)."*
  </Step>

  <Step title="Watch for the reversed questions">
    A few questions ask about a risk rather than a strength, for example how resistant your
    team is to change. On these, a **higher** rating is the **worse** answer, so the scale
    runs the other way: the guide reads **1 Not a factor** to **5 Severe**, the colours are
    reversed, and the question is labelled **Higher = worse**. A section that contains both
    kinds shows both guides, one for the usual questions and one for the reversed ones.
    Read the guide before you answer: on these questions **5** records the biggest problem,
    not the best result.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Your answers save as you go">
    There's no save button, answers save automatically. The indicator shows **Saving…**
    then **Saved**. If a save fails you'll see *"Couldn't save. Retrying on your next
    change"*, and a progress gauge shows how many questions you've answered.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Answer everything required">
    Every question must be answered before you can move on. A missed question shows *"This
    question is required."*; at section level you'll see *"Please answer the highlighted
    questions."* and **Answer all questions to continue**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Note>
  If you open the same assessment in another session, AI Ready keeps the latest answers
  and tells you: **Answers updated**, *"This evaluation was changed in another session, so
  we loaded the latest answers."*
</Note>

## Review and submit

The last step is **Review & submit** (eyebrow **Final step**), *"Check your answers, then
submit your evaluation."* Each section has an **Edit** button so you can jump back. When
everything is answered, select **Submit evaluation** (it reads **Submitting…** while it
works).

If anything is still missing, you'll see *"Please answer every question before submitting;
\[n] still need an answer."* If some answers are no longer valid, you'll see *"Some answers
are no longer valid. Please review your answers and try again."*

<Warning>
  Submitting **locks the run**. It becomes a read-only record and can't be edited. To
  change anything afterwards, take the assessment again as a new run.
</Warning>

## After you submit

What you see next depends on whether the assessment produces a report. When one is
coming, you'll see **Your report is on its way**, *"Thanks, your evaluation is in and
your report will be ready soon. If you'd like, you can connect with an advisor to talk
through your results, or come back to it later."* For an assessment that has no report,
you'll see **Your evaluation is in**, *"Thanks, your evaluation is in. If you'd like, you
can connect with an advisor to talk it through, or come back to it later."*

Either way, you can optionally add **Investment appetite**, **Target timeframe**, and
**Anything specific?**, then choose **Send**, or **Remind me later** to skip. If you send
it, you'll see **Request received**, *"Thanks, your request is recorded. The team will see
it on their next review and reach out about next steps."*, then **Done**.

Scoring happens in the background after you submit, so your run isn't scored instantly.
See [Scores and reports](/using/scores-and-reports) for what you can see afterwards.

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Assessments" href="/using/assessments" icon="clipboard-list">
    Quick vs Full, sections, and re-takes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scores and reports" href="/using/scores-and-reports" icon="chart-line">
    Where your submitted runs and results appear.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Evaluation history" href="/using/evaluation-history" icon="clock-rotate-left">
    Every past run, with View and Continue.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>