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Pre-Deployment Change Readiness & Risk Assessment

Assesses organizational and technical readiness for infrastructure, application, or data migrations by flagging dependency risks, evaluating rollback preparedness, and measuring stakeholder confidence before go/no-go decisions.

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29 questions · ~12 min
Q01
Message

Welcome to the Change Readiness & Migration Risk Assessment. This survey takes approximately 13 minutes. Your responses will be kept confidential and reported only in aggregate to inform the go/no-go decision. There are no right or wrong answers—please respond based on current evidence and your best judgment. Participation is voluntary and you may stop at any time. If you are unsure about a question, please choose the closest option or select 'Unknown' where available.

Q02
Multiple Choice

What type of change or migration is this assessment primarily about?

  • Infrastructure migration
  • Application upgrade or replatform
  • Data migration
  • Cloud adoption
  • Security or compliance change
  • Process or tooling change
  • Other (please specify)
Q03
Opinion Scale

<p>How ready is the <strong>infrastructure/environment</strong> for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:Not readyMax:Fully ready
Q04
Opinion Scale

If this change were executed within the next 30 days, how would you rate the overall risk?

Scale: 17
Min:Very low riskMax:Very high risk
Q05
Multiple Choice

What is the preferred cutover window for this change?

  • Business hours
  • After hours (weekday)
  • Weekend
  • Blue-green or zero-downtime deployment
  • Other (please specify)
Q06
Opinion Scale

<p>How thorough is <strong>functional testing</strong> coverage for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:No coverageMax:Comprehensive coverage
Q07
AI Interview

We'd like to explore your perspective on this migration's readiness in a bit more depth. An AI moderator will ask you a couple of follow-up questions based on your earlier responses.

Q08
Long Text

Based on your responses, is there anything else we should consider before the go/no-go decision?

Q09
Multiple Choice

What is your primary role?

  • Software engineer
  • SRE/Operations
  • Security/Compliance
  • Data/Analytics
  • Product or Project management
  • QA/Testing
  • Support/Customer success
  • Other (please specify)
Q10
Message

Thank you for completing this assessment. Your responses will be combined with those of other stakeholders to inform the go/no-go decision. If you have urgent concerns not captured here, please contact the project lead directly.

Q11
Opinion Scale

How clearly defined are the scope and success criteria for this change?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all clearly definedMax:Extremely clearly defined
Q12
Opinion Scale

<p>How ready is the <strong>application/code</strong> for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:Not readyMax:Fully ready
Q13
Long Text

Please describe the top risks for this change and the conditions most likely to trigger them.

Q14
Dropdown

If downtime is expected, what is the estimated total planned downtime?

  • No downtime expected
  • 1–15 minutes
  • 16–60 minutes
  • 1–4 hours
  • More than 4 hours
  • Unknown
Q15
Opinion Scale

<p>How thorough is <strong>performance/load testing</strong> coverage for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:No coverageMax:Comprehensive coverage
Q16
Multiple Choice

Which team or function are you representing in this assessment?

  • Platform/Infrastructure
  • Application team
  • Data/ML
  • Security
  • Networking
  • Compliance/Privacy
  • Customer-facing operations
  • Other (please specify)
Q17
Opinion Scale

<p>How ready is the <strong>data/schema layer</strong> for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:Not readyMax:Fully ready
Q18
Multiple Choice

Is a rollback or restore plan currently available and tested?

  • Yes, tested end-to-end
  • Yes, tested partially
  • Draft only
  • No
  • Unknown
Q19
Opinion Scale

<p>How thorough is <strong>security testing</strong> coverage for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:No coverageMax:Comprehensive coverage
Q20
Multiple Choice

How many similar changes have you participated in over the past 2 years?

  • None
  • 1–2
  • 3–5
  • 6–10
  • 11+
Q21
Opinion Scale

<p>How ready are <strong>security and compliance controls</strong> for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:Not readyMax:Fully ready
Q22
Long Text

What specific prerequisites must be in place to make a rollback viable?

Q23
Opinion Scale

<p>How thorough is <strong>rollback/recovery testing</strong> coverage for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:No coverageMax:Comprehensive coverage
Q24
Opinion Scale

<p>How ready is <strong>monitoring and observability</strong> for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:Not readyMax:Fully ready
Q25
Opinion Scale

<p>How thorough is <strong>monitoring and alerting verification</strong> for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:No coverageMax:Comprehensive coverage
Q26
Opinion Scale

<p>How ready is <strong>documentation and runbooks</strong> for this change?</p>

Scale: 15
Min:Not readyMax:Fully ready
Q27
Multiple Choice

Are clear go/no-go criteria defined for this change?

  • Yes, documented and agreed upon
  • Partially defined
  • No
  • Unknown
Q28
Opinion Scale

How would you rate the overall level of dependency risk for this change?

Scale: 17
Min:Very low riskMax:Very high risk
Q29
Opinion Scale

How confident are you that this change can be executed safely and on schedule?

Scale: 17
Min:Not at all confidentMax:Extremely confident

What’s included

  • AI follow-ups

    Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.

  • Attention checks

    Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.

  • AI-drafted copy

    Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.

  • Auto report

    Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.

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