Cloud Readiness Scorecard

How ready is your organisation for cloud?

Assess the business, technical, operational, security, financial and governance foundations required for responsible cloud adoption.

Designed for technology environments ranging from a few workloads to approximately 5,000 workloads.

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Independent learning tool

This is an independent, vendor-neutral self-assessment created for training, learning and general awareness. It does not promote any cloud provider, sell migration services, collect leads or replace a detailed professional assessment. It also does not assume that cloud is the right destination for every workload.

An independent architecture self-assessment by Subhakanta Kar.

Assessment coverage

What this scorecard evaluates

01

Business Drivers and Outcomes

Evaluates whether cloud adoption is connected to measurable business outcomes and governed decisions.

02

Application and Workload Portfolio

Evaluates whether the organisation understands its workload estate well enough to make defensible migration and modernisation decisions.

03

Infrastructure and Platform Readiness

Evaluates whether current platforms are supportable, standardised and suitable for cloud or hybrid operating models.

04

Data Readiness

Evaluates whether data can be classified, protected, governed and migrated responsibly.

05

Identity and Security

Evaluates whether cloud adoption can occur without weakening identity, access, security monitoring or incident response.

06

Network and Connectivity

Evaluates whether connectivity, routing, DNS and network security can support cloud and hybrid workloads.

07

Operations and Service Management

Evaluates whether the organisation can monitor, support and operate cloud services after migration.

08

Resilience and Recovery

Evaluates whether critical services can recover from infrastructure, platform, security and regional failures.

09

Financial and Commercial Readiness

Evaluates whether cloud costs, licensing, contracts and consumption can be forecast and controlled.

10

Governance, Skills and Operating Model

Evaluates whether governance, skills, landing zones and operating responsibilities are sustainable.

Estate scale

Designed for real technology estates

Small

1–250

workloads

Mid-market

251–1,500

workloads

Upper-mid-market

1,501–5,000

workloads

The scorecard evaluates whether the organisation can govern and assess an estate of this scale. It does not inspect every workload individually.

Your report

What the result provides

  • Overall readiness score
  • Ten dimension scores
  • Critical readiness warnings
  • Strongest foundations
  • Priority gaps
  • Immediate attention items
  • 6R decision readiness
  • Practical recommendations
  • Print-ready report