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Assessment · 32 hours
Cloud Deliberate Assessment
A structured assessment that maps your current cloud setup, surfaces the decisions that are costing you control, and gives you a concrete, prioritised path forward.
For IT Directors · Platform Leads · CTOs
What is the goal?
We deliver a clear picture of where your cloud setup stands today, and what it costs you not to address it.
Surface the real problems
Where are misconfigured resources, cost leakage, or unclear ownership creating risk or waste?
Find the right lever
Which decisions will have the greatest impact for the least effort and disruption?
Prioritise action
A concrete, ranked list of recommendations, not just observations.
The process · 4 phases
How the engagement runs.
00
2 hours · Kickoff
Scoping and alignment
- Shared understanding of scope, access, and expectations before any work begins.
- We clarify constraints (regulatory, budgetary, organisational) so every recommendation is grounded in your reality.
01
12 hours · Understanding your current state
Discovery and mapping
- Inventory of workloads, environments, and cloud spend across your estate.
- Review of operating practices: how provisioning, scaling, patching, and cost management are handled today.
- Baseline established so improvements can be tracked and demonstrated going forward.
02
8 hours · Identifying gaps and opportunities
Analysis
- Assessment against cloud deliberate principles: automation, clarity, robustness, and paved roads.
- Cost and security posture review: where are the misconfigurations and suboptimal decisions?
- Workload placement review: which workloads are in the right environment, and which are not?
03
10 hours · From insight to action
Report and walkthrough
- Written report with findings and a prioritised recommendation list.
- Presentation material for internal stakeholders.
- Live walkthrough session with your key decision-makers, including Q&A.
What is included
Every phase, accounted for.
Phase
Content
Hours
00
Scoping and alignment
2
01
Discovery and mapping
12
02
Analysis
8
03
Report and walkthrough
10
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All phases included
32
Next steps
Ready to know what your cloud setup is actually costing you, and what to do about it?
Book a 30-minute scoping call. We align on scope, constraints, and expectations, and you decide whether it makes sense to proceed.
No commitment
The scoping call is free and takes no more than 30 minutes.
Fast start
We can typically begin within one to two weeks of agreement.
Grounded in your context
Every recommendation is based on your technology, team, and constraints.
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