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Cloud Decision Readiness Self-Assessment

Check the evidence available for one cloud workload or upcoming decision.

Choose one workload, renewal, or proposed change. Answer based on the information your team could produce today. This assessment identifies documentation gaps. It does not recommend a provider or deployment model.

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1. Can your team explain what drives the cost?

Can your team explain what drives the cost?

Evidence to consider: Billing and usage trends, a relevant business-volume measure, effective rates, commitments, and material data-transfer costs.

2. Are the workload’s requirements documented?

Are the workload’s requirements documented?

Evidence to consider: Average and peak demand, performance needs, dependencies, data flows, recovery targets, security requirements, and operating coverage.

3. Is accountability clear?

Is accountability clear?

Evidence to consider: Named owners for business outcomes, spend, architecture, operations, security, procurement, and approval.

4. Is there a defensible comparison of the options?

Is there a defensible comparison of the options?

Evidence to consider: A current-state baseline, feasible optimization, and a justified alternative evaluated over the same period and requirements. Include operating, change, remaining-obligation, and lifecycle costs.

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