
Cloud Migration Assessment & Readiness Framework
Evaluate on-premises infrastructure and build cloud migration business cases with risk & cost ana...
What You Can Do
You can conduct comprehensive cloud migration feasibility studies that translate infrastructure inventories into actionable strategies. This skill guides you through infrastructure discovery, application dependency mapping, cost-benefit modeling, risk quantification, and compliance analysis—producing detailed migration roadmaps and business cases that secure stakeholder buy-in and funding approval.
Features
Systematically catalog on-premises systems, applications, databases, and dependencies to establish baseline for migration planning
Identify interconnected applications and services to determine migration sequencing and potential blockers
Compare on-premises operating costs against cloud infrastructure, licensing, and services to quantify financial impact
Evaluate compliance, security, performance, and operational risks specific to your infrastructure and industry
Develop stage-gate migration plans with quick wins, parallel runs, and rollback strategies tailored to business priorities
Convert technical findings into executive-ready narratives with ROI projections, timeline estimates, and resource requirements
Compare full cloud migration against hybrid or multi-cloud scenarios to recommend optimal architecture
Example Output
Example 1: Manufacturing Company Infrastructure Assessment
Current State Summary:
- 47 physical servers across 3 data centers (60% utilization average)
- 12 business-critical applications (mixed legacy and modern)
- Current annual infrastructure spend: $1.8M (hardware, power, staff)
Migration Readiness Score: 7.2/10
- ✅ Strong: Mature virtualization, documented applications, dedicated IT staff
- ⚠️ Risks: 3 legacy applications with unclear dependencies, limited cloud expertise in-house
3-Year TCO Projection:
- On-premises continued: $5.4M (hardware refresh cycles, staff growth)
- Cloud migration (AWS): $3.2M (infrastructure + managed services)
- Net savings: $2.2M + operational agility
Recommended Phased Approach:
- Phase 1 (Months 1-4): 8 independent applications → AWS EC2/RDS
- Phase 2 (Months 5-8): 2 interconnected applications → containerized on EKS
- Phase 3 (Months 9-12): Legacy mainframe workload → managed modernization
Example 2: Financial Services Migration Risk Profile
Compliance Requirements Assessed:
- Regulatory: PCI-DSS, SOX, state data residency rules → AWS GovCloud + private subnets
- Data Sovereignty: Customer data must remain in-region → Multi-region RDS with encryption
- Audit Trail: 7-year retention requirement → CloudTrail + S3 Glacier archival
Top Identified Risks:
- Network Latency (High) — Trading systems require <50ms response times → Migrate to same region, implement Direct Connect
- Vendor Lock-in (Medium) — Proprietary database extensions → Use AWS RDS with managed snapshots, build abstraction layer
- Staff Expertise Gap (Medium) — Current team lacks cloud certifications → 6-week upskilling program + managed service partner for Year 1
Investment Timeline: $450K upfront (assessment + design) → $2.1M Year 1 (execution + training) → $1.2M annually (steady-state operations)
What's Included
- SKILL.md instruction file with cloud migration assessment framework:
- Infrastructure Assessment Template: Detailed inventory checklist for servers, applications, databases, and dependencies
- Risk Assessment Matrix: Pre-built compliance, security, performance, and operational risk categories with scoring guidance
- TCO & Cost Model Spreadsheet: On-premises vs. cloud cost comparison with sensitivity analysis for different cloud providers
- Phased Migration Roadmap Template: Stage-gate plan with timelines, resource requirements, dependencies, and rollback criteria
- Business Case Framework: Executive summary structure with ROI calculations, timeline estimates, and risk mitigation strategies
Who It's For
- IT Consultants & Enterprise Architects — Conducting cloud readiness assessments and developing migration strategies for enterprise clients
- Cloud Solution Architects — Evaluating on-premises environments and building business cases for AWS, Azure, or GCP migrations
- CIOs & IT Directors — Assessing infrastructure portfolios and creating executive-ready migration plans for board approval
- Systems Engineers & Infrastructure Teams — Inventorying existing systems and identifying technical migration blockers and dependencies
- Technology Consulting Firms — Developing RFI/RFP responses requiring phased cloud migration recommendations
Best For
- Initial cloud migration feasibility studies and RFP/RFI responses
- Multi-data center or business unit cloud readiness assessments
- Infrastructure cost-benefit analysis comparing on-premises vs. cloud
- Phased migration roadmap development with executive business cases
- Risk identification and mitigation planning for regulated industries
- Hybrid and multi-cloud architecture evaluation







