How ready are your systems to flow?

10 questions. 3 minutes. Get an A–F score and a plan to stabilize and scale.

Systems Readiness Test

System of record: Is SOR defined per domain (customer, order, item, etc.)?

Process mapping: Do you have current swimlanes for key flows (quote→cash, hire→pay, procure→pay)?

Data contracts: Are schemas & APIs versioned and documented?

Ownership: Are triggers, approvals, and on-call owners explicit?

Error handling: Do retries, DLQs, and manual fallbacks exist (and are tested)?

Observability: Do you have tracing/metrics/alerts tied to SLAs?

Change control: Are environments, migrations, and rollbacks governed?

Security: Are secrets, PII, and access policies well managed?

Test coverage: Do key flows have automated integration tests?

AI opportunities: Have you identified safe AI spots (classification, reconciliation, summarization)?

Scoring: ((Total − 10) / 40) × 100

Solid progress — stabilize foundations first.

Percent: 82% • Total: 42 / 50

Tip: Re-take after each improvement sprint to track systems health.