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Cloud-to-Code Interoperability Assessment

A 6-week diagnostic that benchmarks delivery velocity with DORA metrics, identifies cloud-to-code friction, and delivers a prioritized modernization roadmap with measurable improvements.
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The Problem

Why Cloud-to-Code Interoperability Assessment?

Most scaling companies build cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines incrementally—resulting in fragmented workflows where code moves slowly from commit to production. Teams waste hours navigating brittle pipelines, manual promotion gates, inconsistent infrastructure-as-code practices, and security/compliance guardrails that block instead of guide. Leadership sees slow release cadence and high failure rates but lacks visibility into where the friction actually exists—pipeline architecture, IaC maturity, environment sprawl, or observability gaps.

Why It's Hard

True cloud-to-code interoperability requires unified architecture across source control, CI/CD, infrastructure provisioning, security gates, and observability—all while maintaining compliance and cost efficiency. Organizations layer tools without integration strategy, creating environments that can't be reproduced reliably, pipelines that fail unpredictably, and promotion workflows that rely on tribal knowledge. Teams debate whether to modernize containers, adopt serverless, refactor IaC, or fix observability—without data on which changes drive the biggest velocity gains.

The Accelerator Advantage

This Assessment compresses discovery into 6 weeks. We baseline your current state using DORA metrics and infrastructure cost data, map gaps across cloud accounts, IaC practices, pipeline architecture, security guardrails, and promotion workflows, then deliver an executive-ready roadmap with quick wins and prioritized modernization initiatives—so teams ship faster, leadership sees clear ROI, and releases become predictable instead of stressful.

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Benefits and Metrics

2-5x
higher deployment frequency through optimized pipelines and workflows
30-40%
faster lead time to production with reduced delivery friction
20-30%
fewer failed changes via improved testing and release gates

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THE SOLUTION

What's Included

Every Cloud-to-Code Interoperability Assessment follows a proven 6-week framework designed to baseline delivery velocity, surface architectural friction, and prioritize modernization investments that accelerate releases and reduce costs.
Discovery & Benchmarking
  • DORA metrics baseline (deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, MTTR)
  • Cloud account and organization structure analysis
  • Infrastructure-as-code maturity assessment (Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, etc.)
  • CI/CD pipeline architecture review and bottleneck identification
  • Security and compliance gate analysis
  • Environment management and promotion workflow mapping
  • Infrastructure cost per release and waste identification
Deliverables
  • Interoperability scorecard benchmarking current vs. elite DORA performance
  • Current vs. target architecture map showing commit-to-production flow
  • Quick win playbook (IaC guardrails, pipeline gates, ephemeral environments)
  • Modernization roadmap prioritized by velocity and cost impact
  • Container/serverless adoption recommendations where applicable
  • Observability pipeline integration strategy
  • Security gate optimization without sacrificing compliance
  • Executive presentation with ROI projections and implementation sequencing
Outcomes
  • 2-5x higher deployment frequency through optimized pipelines
  • 30-40% faster lead time to production
  • 20-30% fewer failed changes with improved testing and gates
  • 15-25% lower per-release infrastructure cost
  • Clear visibility into delivery bottlenecks and waste
  • Prioritized roadmap aligned with business velocity goals
  • Foundation for scaling deployments without scaling friction
Case Studies

Proof in the results

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Peloton
$400K Annual Savings in 4 Weeks Without Disrupting 75 Developers
How Peloton optimized AWS costs and modernized configuration management while keeping developer teams running at full speed.
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FAQ

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What happens after this Assessment?

Three options: (1) Execute improvements yourself using our roadmap and playbooks, (2) Engage us to deliver high-priority initiatives like pipeline modernization or IaC migration, or (3) Embed a Platform Engineering TechPod for continuous improvement and operational support. Most clients choose option 2 to prove ROI on specific improvements—typically starting with quick wins like ephemeral environments or pipeline optimization—before committing to broader modernization programs.

Do we need to migrate to new tools?

Not necessarily. We assess what you have (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, cloud-native tools, etc.) and recommend optimization, consolidation, or migration based on capability gaps and ROI. Often the issue isn't the tool—it's configuration, integration points, or lack of standardization across teams. We're tool-agnostic and focused on outcomes, not vendor preferences.

What if we're multi-cloud or hybrid?

That's common with our clients. We assess interoperability across AWS, GCP, Azure, or on-premises infrastructure and identify where inconsistent patterns create delivery friction. The goal is unified workflows and portability where it matters—not forcing single-cloud architecture if multi-cloud serves business needs. We help you standardize what should be consistent and abstract what needs flexibility.

How is this different from a DevOps consulting assessment?

Traditional DevOps consulting delivers recommendations documents. We deliver working implementations of quick wins during the assessment itself—like IaC guardrails, pipeline templates, or ephemeral environment patterns—so teams experience velocity improvements immediately. Our roadmap is grounded in DORA research and real operational constraints, not aspirational best practices that don't account for your legacy systems, compliance requirements, or team capacity.

How quickly can we start?

Most Cloud-to-Code Interoperability Assessments kick off within 2 weeks of signing. Week 1 requires stakeholder availability for interviews and access to CI/CD systems, cloud accounts, and deployment metrics. Beyond that, ramp-up is minimal—we know exactly what data we need to baseline DORA performance and move fast.