Cloud Migration Readiness Scorecard
20 questions, about five minutes. You'll get a 0-100 readiness score and the areas most likely to cause problems in your migration.
Workload Inventory
1. What type of workload are you assessing?
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Production
Development/Test
Proof of Concept
Other
2. How critical is this workload to business operations?
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Mission Critical
Important but not Critical
Low Priority
Other
3. What is the workload's current hosting environment?
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On-Premises
Private Cloud
Public Cloud
Other
4. How complex is the workload architecture?
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Simple
Moderate
Complex
Other
Data and Dependencies
5. What types of data does the workload process?
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Public data (1 point)
Internal data (2 points)
Confidential data (3 points)
Regulated data (4 points)
6. How many critical external dependencies does the workload have?
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0–1 dependencies (4 points)
2–3 dependencies (3 points)
4–5 dependencies (2 points)
6+ dependencies (1 point)
7. How often does the workload exchange data with other systems?
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Rarely (4 points)
Daily (3 points)
Hourly (2 points)
Near real-time (1 point)
8. How complex are the workload’s data transformation requirements?
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Simple or none (4 points)
Basic mapping (3 points)
Multiple transformations (2 points)
Complex orchestration (1 point)
Security and Access
9. How are application access controls managed?
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Centralized via identity platform (4)
Shared responsibility with documented processes (3)
Ad hoc or app-specific (2)
Not defined (0)
10. How is privileged access controlled?
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Role-based with approvals and periodic review (4)
Limited and reviewed occasionally (3)
Manual and inconsistent (2)
No formal privileged access control (0)
11. How are secrets and keys managed?
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Centralized vault with rotation (4)
Some centralized storage and rotation (3)
Stored in configs or shared manually (2)
No formal management (0)
12. How are audit logs and monitoring handled?
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Centralized logging with alerting and retention (4)
Logging in place with limited alerting (3)
Basic or partial logging (2)
No consistent logging or monitoring (0)
Cost and Commercials
13. What is the estimated monthly infrastructure spend for the target cloud environment?
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Under $5,000 (1 point)
$5,000–$20,000 (2 points)
$20,001–$50,000 (3 points)
Over $50,000 (4 points)
14. What is the primary pricing model for the current environment?
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Mostly fixed spend / reserved capacity (1 point)
Mixed fixed and variable spend (2 points)
Mostly variable usage-based spend (3 points)
Not yet known (4 points)
15. How much budget flexibility exists for migration and modernization activities?
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No flexibility; budget is fixed (1 point)
Limited flexibility; small contingencies only (2 points)
Moderate flexibility; can reallocate within the year (3 points)
High flexibility; budget can be adjusted as needed (4 points)
16. Which statement best describes commercial agreement readiness?
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Existing contracts will remain unchanged (1 point)
Some contract review or renewal is needed (2 points)
Commercial terms need significant renegotiation (3 points)
Not assessed yet (4 points)
Team and Operations
Question 17: Does your team have documented runbooks or standard operating procedures for managing this workload in production?
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Yes, fully documented (5)
Partially documented (3)
Informal or tribal knowledge only (1)
No runbooks or SOPs (0)
Question 18: Is there a named service owner or primary operational contact for this workload?
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Yes, clearly named and accountable (5)
Yes, but shared across multiple people (3)
Informal owner, not formally assigned (1)
No identified owner (0)
Question 19: How well defined are monitoring, alerting, and incident response procedures for this workload?
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Fully defined and regularly tested (5)
Defined but not regularly tested (3)
Basic monitoring only (1)
Not defined (0)
Question 20: How ready is your team to support day-to-day operations after migration?
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Fully ready with training and coverage (5)
Mostly ready with minor gaps (3)
Some preparation, major gaps remain (1)
Not ready yet (0)
Lead Capture
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Full Name
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First Name
Middle Name
Last Name
Email
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