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The dispute toolkit. Before arbitration becomes the option.

Most TSA disputes are won or lost in the months before counsel gets involved. The buyer either has documentation, claim language, and a governance trail, or it has a story. This toolkit is the documentation. Service-level breach claim templates, credit calculation worksheets, governance escalation memos, and the negotiation sequence that resolves disputes without arbitration.

What is inside
  • 01.The SLA breach claim template. The four paragraphs that move a credit to invoice.
  • 02.The credit calculation worksheet. Inputs, formula, evidence, and audit trail.
  • 03.The governance escalation memo. The format for the joint committee meeting that decides it.
  • 04.The five common disputes and the resolution sequence for each.
  • 05.The buyer's evidence binder. What to log, when, and the chain of custody that holds up.
  • 06.The arbitration off ramp. The three moves that keep the dispute out of formal proceedings.
Inside the Toolkit

Six artifacts. One resolution sequence.

The toolkit is a working set. Every artifact is a document the buyer hands across the governance committee table or sends to the seller's TSA counsel. Together they make the case before the case becomes a case.

Artifact 01

SLA breach claim template

The four paragraph claim format that gets paid. The breach, the evidence, the credit calculation, the demand. Pre-drafted with placeholders the buyer fills in once a quarter.

Artifact 02

Credit calculation worksheet

The inputs, the formula, the evidence references, and the audit trail. A worksheet the seller's TSA controller can verify line by line without calling the buyer back to ask for backup.

Artifact 03

Governance escalation memo

The format the buyer takes into the joint committee. Background, asks, the position the seller is being asked to accept, and the timeline the buyer expects.

Artifact 04

The five common disputes

Service catalog scope drift, pricing reset on cost-plus, extension fee curve dispute, SLA enforceability, and exit support obligation. The resolution sequence for each.

Artifact 05

The evidence binder

What to log on the buyer side, when, and the chain of custody that survives counsel scrutiny. Most buyers lose disputes here, not in the contract.

Artifact 06

The arbitration off ramp

The three moves that keep a dispute out of formal proceedings. A reset proposal, a third party assessor, and the joint working group that owns resolution for 30 days.

From a Reader

"Recovered $2.1M in service credits we had been writing off as uncollectible. The claim template did the work. Counsel never had to touch it."

CFO, tech Newco

The Toolkit

Disputes are won before they are filed.

Free. No marketing follow on. Read it before the next governance committee meeting.