Are You Ready For Kubernetes?
Self-Assessment

SCORING

For each question/topic rate yourself using the following scale:

SCORE READINESS GUIDANCE
0 Not Ready Your team, application, or organization does not
have this capability, architecture, or skillset. You
might not even be sure what this even means.
1 Somewhat Ready Your team, application, or organization has this
partial capability, architecture, or skill set. You’ve
made some progress but aren’t quite there yet.
2 Ready Your team, application, or organization has this
capability, architecture, or skill set. You feel
completely comfortable.


Once you’ve scored each item, click the submit button to calculate the total.

  • Have you defined the specific business and/or technical problems that the transition to Kubernetes is intended to address?
  • Do you have a budget and timeline set aside for the migration?
  • Have you estimated the costs around continued administration and maintenance of Kubernetes?
  • Do you have a current handle on your cloud cost and can understand the variable costs as your system scales?
  • Do you currently have a defined SLA or availability targets for your product/service?
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  • Is your application containerized?
  • Do your containers follow container security best practices?
  • Do you have a microservice design where parts of your product or service can scale independently?
  • Do your containers expose health checks and metrics that drive failover and scaling?
  • Do you understand the resource requirements of each container/service?
  • Do you have a current CI/CD pipeline that automates building and testing your containers?
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  • Is your team comfortable with Infrastructure as Code and immutable infrastructure concepts?
  • Does your team understand DevOps principles and the common tools and technologies that support modern DevSecOps?
  • Is your team familiar with YAML and Kubernetes manifests?
  • Do you have a workforce that can deploy and sustain a highly available and secure Kubernetes environment?
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