Cloud Migration Risk & Rollback Readiness Assessment

Welcome! Thank you for taking part in this cloud migration risk assessment. This survey takes approximately 13 minutes and asks about your migration experience, risks, and rollback readiness. There are no right or wrong answers — we are interested in your honest perspective. Your responses are anonymous and will be reported only in aggregate. Participation is voluntary and you may stop at any time. Please answer based on your primary system or migration project.

Which of the following best describes your primary role on this migration project?

• Cloud/DevOps engineer
• Infrastructure/Network engineer
• Application engineer
• Data/Database engineer
• Security/Compliance
• IT leadership/Program or project manager
• Other (please specify)
• Prefer not to say

What is the current status of your primary system's cloud migration?

• No plans in the next 12 months
• Evaluating/Planning
• In progress
• Completed within last 12 months
• Completed >12 months ago (still optimizing)

Which cloud or infrastructure environments are in scope for this migration? Select all that apply.

• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud
• Private cloud/on-prem virtualization
• Other (please specify)

How critical is the primary system being migrated to your organization's business operations?

During cutover or within 30 days after, did you encounter any incidents?

• No incidents
• Yes, minor (no customer impact)
• Yes, moderate (limited customer impact)
• Yes, major (significant customer impact)

What were the primary causes of the incident(s) you experienced? Select all that apply.

• Data inconsistency or migration defects
• Infrastructure-as-Code or configuration errors
• Network/DNS changes
• Access/Identity (IAM) issues
• Performance/capacity bottlenecks
• Release orchestration/process gaps
• Third-party dependency failures
• Not sure/Unable to determine
• Other (please specify)

Approximately how long did it take to recover from the most severe incident?

• Less than 15 minutes
• 15–60 minutes
• 1–4 hours
• 4–24 hours
• More than 24 hours
• Not sure

<p>How much is each of the following areas a blocker to your migration right now?</p><p><strong>People/skills and capacity</strong></p>

<p>How much is each of the following areas a blocker to your migration right now?</p><p><strong>Architecture/technical debt</strong></p>

<p>How much is each of the following areas a blocker to your migration right now?</p><p><strong>Data migration and integrity</strong></p>

<p>How much is each of the following areas a blocker to your migration right now?</p><p><strong>Change management/communications</strong></p>

<p>How much is each of the following areas a blocker to your migration right now?</p><p><strong>Security/compliance requirements</strong></p>

<p>How much is each of the following areas a blocker to your migration right now?</p><p><strong>Tooling/automation maturity</strong></p>

Now, please rank the following potential blockers by their impact on your migration, from highest impact to lowest.

1. People/skills and capacity
2. Architecture/technical debt
3. Data migration and integrity
4. Change management/communications
5. Security/compliance requirements
6. Tooling/automation maturity

Do you have a documented rollback plan for migration cutover?

• Yes, documented and tested
• Yes, documented but untested
• Draft only
• No rollback plan

Which of the following rollback or recovery tests has your team conducted in the last 6 months? Select all that apply.

• Tabletop walkthrough
• Simulated cutover in non-production
• Blue/green or canary rollback
• Database restore drill
• DR site failover test
• None of the above

What is your target Recovery Time Objective (RTO) — the maximum acceptable downtime — for the migration cutover rollback?

• Less than 15 minutes
• 15–60 minutes
• 1–4 hours
• 4–24 hours
• More than 24 hours
• Not defined
• Not sure

In your experience, what is the single biggest obstacle to having a reliable, tested rollback plan?

Which of the following practices or tools are most important for a safe migration at your organization? Select all that apply.

• Infrastructure as Code
• CI/CD with automated rollback
• Feature flags/toggles
• Blue/green or canary deploys
• Observability/monitoring alerts
• Chaos engineering/DR tests
• Change advisory/approvals
• Runbooks/playbooks
• Other (please specify)

What change window does your team typically prefer for migration cutover?

• Business hours
• Off-hours evenings
• Weekends
• Rolling by region/tenant
• No preference

Overall, how confident are you that this migration will meet its goals without major incidents?

How would you rate your organization's overall readiness to execute this migration safely?

We'd like to explore your migration risk concerns in a bit more depth. An AI moderator will ask you a couple of follow-up questions.

Based on your responses throughout this survey, please share any additional critical risks, rollback needs, or thoughts we haven't covered.

How many years of professional experience do you have in engineering or IT?

• 0–2
• 3–5
• 6–10
• 11–15
• 16+
• Prefer not to say

Approximately how many employees does your organization have?

• 1–49
• 50–249
• 250–999
• 1,000–4,999
• 5,000–19,999
• 20,000+
• Prefer not to say

Which region best describes where you are primarily based?

• North America
• Europe
• Asia-Pacific
• Latin America
• Middle East
• Africa
• Multiple regions
• Prefer not to say

Which industry best describes your organization?

• Software/SaaS
• Financial services
• Healthcare/Life sciences
• Retail/Consumer
• Telecom/Media
• Manufacturing
• Public sector/Education
• Other (please specify)
• Prefer not to say

Thank you for completing this survey! Your input will directly inform cloud migration safety and resilience practices. Your responses are anonymous and will be reported only in aggregate.