Free IT Infrastructure and DevOps Assessment
Together, we review your current infrastructure, software delivery process, security and cost position. We share the findings and prioritized recommendations in a written report and presentation. The assessment is free and creates no obligation to work with us afterwards.
When is an assessment useful?
An assessment helps you choose the next step based on data about your current state. You decide how, and with whom, to implement the recommendations.
- Before starting a transformation project. To clarify scope and priorities for work such as moving to Kubernetes, migrating to the cloud or renewing CI/CD.
- When you want to see the likely causes of a recurring problem. Such as lengthening release times, outages or rising costs; if an in-depth diagnosis is needed, it is planned separately.
- Before an audit or an enterprise customer review. To see in advance what needs to be completed on the security and continuity side.
- When your team, management or service provider changes. To document the current state and priorities of the infrastructure you have taken over.
Which areas do we review?
The assessment focuses on whichever of the areas below are a priority for you. We agree on the scope together in the initial consultation.
Architecture and infrastructure
Servers, network, cloud accounts and Kubernetes clusters; single points of failure and capacity.
Release process and CI/CD
The path code takes to production, the level of automation, environments and rollback steps.
Security
Access and permissions, secrets management, internet-facing resources, patch and vulnerability tracking.
Monitoring and operations
Observability, alerting setup, incident response and on-call organization.
Cost
How cloud and infrastructure spending is distributed, and opportunities for savings.
Continuity
Backups, disaster recovery objectives and whether the recovery steps have been tested.
Wherever the findings are concentrated, you can see the scope of the next step on the relevant service page: DevOps and platform engineering, DevSecOps, IT architecture and cloud.
An assessment in four steps.
Scope and timeline are agreed in the initial consultation. Depending on your needs, we proceed with one or several meetings; if required, we start with a non-disclosure agreement.
Initial consultation
We discuss your goals and priorities and agree on the scope and timeline of the assessment together.
Output: Scope and timelineInformation gathering
We talk with your team and review your systems and documentation together.
Output: Data on the current stateAnalysis
We evaluate the findings in terms of risk, impact and effort required, and prioritize them.
Output: Prioritized findingsReport and presentation
We present the results to your team and management and answer your questions.
Output: Report and roadmapWhat the assessment delivers.
The report is yours. You can implement the recommendations with us, with your own team or with another partner.
The free assessment covers the meetings, the review of the current state, the written report and the presentation. Detailed design, setup and migration work, as well as comprehensive testing and audits such as penetration testing, are planned and quoted as a separate project.
Executive summary
Current state, risks and recommendations for a non-technical reader.
List of findings
Risk level, potential impact and a recommended fix for each finding.
Quick wins
Improvements that can be made quickly and with little effort.
Proposed target setup
The architecture and process structure we recommend aiming for.
Prioritized roadmap
Phases, dependencies and the recommended order.
Presentation session
Reviewing the findings together with your team and management.
About the assessment
Let's clarify your needs together.
In a free initial consultation we discuss your current situation and goals, and share our first impressions and possible next steps in the same meeting.
- A technical conversation with specialists in your area
- First impressions of your situation and possible approaches
- Where it fits, a next step: an assessment, a project proposal or consulting
- A non-disclosure agreement before the meeting when needed
- A reply within 4 business hours