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Cloud Adoption Readiness helps you build plans for cloud adoption and migrations. This online assessment will provide you with your current cloud readiness across key pillars such as, business, people, process, platform, operations, and security. This assessment will help you plan and communicate with stakeholders about what to expect and how to lead the journey to cloud.

AUTOCONFIG CLOUD READINESS ASSESSMENT

Cloud Readiness Assessment

Business Rationale

Has your company identified a specific business reason for moving to the cloud?

1 - No business reason has been identified to date

2 - We are currently in the process of evaluating business opportunities

3 - A business need has been identified and analysis has begun

4 - A draft analysis has been completed

5 - A formal business need and analysis has been completed and approved

Business Case

Has your company developed a business case for moving to the cloud, and if so, is your business case based on multiple, credible and quality sources?

1 - Minimal data sources and no consensus

2 - Minimal data sources, but limited consensus among the team

3 - A few data sources, but limited consensus among the team

4 - A few data sources, and some consensus among the team

5 - Comprehensive and diverse data sources, and full team consensus

Executive Sponsorship

Has your organization assigned a manager or executive to be responsible for your cloud adoption efforts (single threaded leader). This person overseas a dedicated cloud team (Cloud Center of Excellence) with assigned roles, timelines and resources for ado

1 - We have not established a single threaded leader, nor created a Cloud Center of Excellence

2 - We are currently in the process of establishing a single threaded leader, but no Cloud Center of Excellence has been implemented

3 - We have assigned a single threaded Leader, but no Cloud Center of Excellence has been implemented

4 - We have a single threaded leader and assigned some components of the Cloud Center of Excellence

5 - We have a single threaded leader and all formal components of the Cloud Center of Excellence are in place

Collaboration

Does the IT organization engage regularly with their stakeholders to address service and governance issues?

1 - Does not engage with stakeholders at all

2 - Rarely engages with stakeholders

3 - Occasionally engages with stakeholders

4 - Frequently engages with stakeholders

5 - Has regular and formal engagements with stakeholders

Change Management

Have you implemented an organizational change management and training plan for cloud adoption (This is a plan that helps you manage the impact of business, structural, and cultural changes caused by cloud adoption)?

Yes

Application & Infrastructure Portfolio Management

Is there a system or mechanism to track inventory and manage your portfolio of applications and infrastructure (e.g. a configuration management database)?

Yes

Agile Frameworks

Does the organization have at least 12-months of project delivery experience with Agile Frameworks (e.g. SCRUM)?

Yes

DevOps Planning

Has the organization established a DevOps practice, or does it plan to deliver and manage cloud based services?

1 - No DevOps practice or plan has been considered to date

2 - We have just started building a DevOps plan to deliver managed cloud services

3 - A draft DevOps practice and plan has been created

4 - A formal DevOps plan has been approved, but not implemented

5 - A formal DevOps practice and plan for managed cloud services is in place

AWS Cloud Account Planning

Have you architected, planned or created a baseline AWS account structure (how will you manage your AWS accounts) and control environments (networking, IAM, etc) that support your core business, security and compliance needs (e.g. AWS Landing Zone)?

1 - No AWS account structure or control environment has been implemented

2 - A rough AWS account structure has been established, but no environment implemented

3 - A rough AWS account structure has been established, but only a proof-of-concept has been implemented

4 - A proof-of-concept is deployed and a full account structure is in place

5 - A full account structure and production environment with best practices has been deployed

Operations & Responsibilities Alignment

Has your organization decided who will own operations of cloud based applications and systems (e.g. operational models for deployments and updates)?

1 - No operational ownership has been formally established to date

2 - We have started building a responsibility matrix to define operations and owners

3 - A draft responsibilities matrix with assigned owners has been created

4 - A formal responsibilities matrix has been presented to leadership and approved

5 - A formal responsibilities matrix has been approved and presented to all assigned stakeholders

Future Cloud Operations

Has the future state operating model for cloud been defined?

1 - Work in the future state of managed applications in the cloud has been created

2 - We are currently in the process of defining a plan

3 - A draft plan has been created

4 - A formal plan has been presented to leadership And approved

5 - A formal plan on how operations will work in the future state of managed applications in the cloud has implemented

Continuity Planning

Has the organization communicated a plan to address business continuity or disaster recovery in the cloud?

Yes

Operational Cloud Security

Does the organization have a strong understanding of operating securely in the cloud?

1 - Minimal understanding and experience

2 - Some understanding, but limited experience

3 - Some experience and understanding

4 - Strong understanding and experience

5 - Fully trained and experienced, with a shared responsibility model

AWS Experience

Is anyone in the organization certified by AWS and/or considered an expert or authority on cloud security?

1 - No team members are certified by AWS or have comparable experience

2 - No team members have certifications, but some members have experience with AWS

3 - The organization has a small set of AWS certified team members, and others with comparable experience

4 - The organization has a meaningful number of AWS certified team members and others with comparable experience

5 - The organization has critical mass with individuals certified by AWS and capable of training others to gain comparable experience

Documented Security Policies

Does the organization have a documented cloud security plan or methodology?

Yes

Security Leadership Commitment To Cloud Adoption Strategy

Does the organization’s leadership for IT Security approve of and participates in creating the cloud adoption strategy or planning sessions?

1 - Minimal leadership participation

2 - Some leadership approval, but minimal involvement

3 - Some leadership participation and approval

4 - Strong leadership participation and approval

5 - Leadership is fully vested, involved and approves of the security strategy

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