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Cloud Readiness Assessment Workshop Series

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The initial phase of the STACKIT Cloud Readiness Assessment focuses on the structured recording of baseline conditions and the identification of initial parameters at the customer side. The primary objective is to establish a transparent data foundation for all subsequent migration steps.

Phase 1: Assess

Section titled “Phase 1: Assess”

Process Steps in the Assess Phase

Section titled “Process Steps in the Assess Phase”
  1. Questionnaire Provision: The standardized STACKIT cloud readiness questionnaire is transmitted to the customer.
  2. Data Collection by Customer: The customer completes the questionnaire independently regarding internal IT infrastructure.
  3. Quality Assurance: The STACKIT transformation team reviews the completed questionnaire for completeness and systematically requests missing data.
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Analysis Results & Core Characteristics

Section titled “Analysis Results & Core Characteristics”

During the Assess phase, identifying optimization potentials and uncovering technical risks are the main focus areas:

  • Gap Identification: The STACKIT transformation team systematically identifies existing information gaps and resolves them through direct customer dialogue.
  • Analyzability: Target systems, the infrastructure environment, and specific customer workloads are structured to enable detailed technical analysis.
  • Knowledge Transparency: Existing knowledge gaps on the customer side regarding sovereign cloud technologies and STACKIT infrastructure are transparently disclosed.
  • Requirement Definition: Specific technological strengths of the customer and indispensable must-have criteria for the sovereign cloud target environment are documented.

Phase 2: Analyze

Section titled “Phase 2: Analyze”

In the second phase of the STACKIT Cloud Readiness Assessment, data collected during the Assess phase is evaluated deeply. Through collaborative technical workshops, the technological and organizational cloud readiness of the customer is determined in detail.

The Analyze Expert Workshop

Section titled “The Analyze Expert Workshop”

The core of this phase is a structured technical workshop conducted jointly by STACKIT experts, customer representatives, and relevant project stakeholders.

  1. Validation: Joint validation of all data points and results gathered from the initial questionnaire.
  2. Capability Assessment: Technical assessment of workloads regarding cloud compatibility and readiness.
  3. Path Definition: Identification and evaluation of potential strategic migration pathways.

Evaluation Dimensions of Cloud Readiness

Section titled “Evaluation Dimensions of Cloud Readiness”

The determination of cloud capability is divided into the following strategic core areas:

  • Adaptation Necessity: The migration team evaluates whether architectural adjustments to customer workloads are mandatory before executing a cloud investment.
  • Knowledge Gap Analysis: Experts identify specific competency deficits within customer operational staff regarding STACKIT cloud resources.
  • Criticality Definition: Participating stakeholders classify the resilience, availability, and criticality levels of all IT systems chosen for migration.
  • Path Identification: The transformation team identifies optimal migration pathways (such as rehosting or replatforming) for every target workload.
  • Training Development: Based on identified knowledge gaps, the team designs a customized educational roadmap for the customer cloud operations team.

Phase 3: Plan & Adopt

Section titled “Phase 3: Plan & Adopt”

The Plan & Adopt phase transforms analysis results into a concrete, operational implementation concept. In this phase, technological foundations for the STACKIT target environment are finalized and the migration roadmap is established.

Conceptual Milestones

Section titled “Conceptual Milestones”

The planning and adoption framework is developed in close alignment workshops between cloud architects, customer teams, and financial stakeholders:

  • Target Architecture: The future technical cloud target architecture on STACKIT infrastructure is bindingly defined and comprehensively documented.
  • Migration Methodology: The transformation team defines the exact migration pathway and specific migration methodologies per workload.
  • PoC Scope: The precise functional scope for a Proof of Concept (PoC) is defined to mitigate technical deployment risks at an early stage.
  • Training Planning: A milestone-driven training schedule ensures timely build-up of operational expertise for customer teams prior to go-live.
  • Roadmap Definition: Project management establishes a binding timeline encompassing all key milestones and next steps for active migration execution.

Framework of Adoption Planning

Section titled “Framework of Adoption Planning”
  1. Architecture Design: Creation of the official STACKIT target architecture diagram.
  2. PoC Execution: Validation of core technological hypotheses within the defined testing framework.
  3. Project Kickoff: Final approval of the migration timeline and initiation of the active migration wave.