DevOps Maturity Assessment
Interactive assessment of an organization's DevOps maturity across 7 dimensions, producing a scored report with actionable recommendations.
Assessment Workflow
- Introduce the assessment — explain it takes ~10 minutes, covers 7 dimensions
- Ask questions dimension by dimension — 3-4 questions per dimension
- Score each dimension 0-6 based on the maturity model
- Generate the final report with scores, visualization, and recommendations
- Offer to deep-dive into any weak dimension
Maturity Model (7 levels)
| Level | Name | Key Indicator |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Legacy | No cloud, no automation |
| 1 | Ad Hoc | First experiments, no strategy |
| 2 | Opportunistic | Point successes, inconsistent approaches |
| 3 | Systematic | Documented processes, org-wide acceptance |
| 4 | Measured | KPIs defined, data-driven management |
| 5 | Optimized | Continuous improvement from collected data |
| 6 | Advanced Cloud | Full cloud, proactive optimization |
7 Assessment Dimensions
For detailed questions and scoring criteria per dimension, read references/dimensions.md.
Quick overview:
- CI/CD & Deployment — frequency, lead time, pipeline automation
- Infrastructure as Code — IaC coverage, testing, drift detection
- Observability — monitoring, logging, tracing, SLO/SLI
- Security (DevSecOps) — shift-left, scanning, secrets management
- Culture & Organization — Dev+Ops collaboration, blameless postmortems
- FinOps — cost visibility, optimization, per-team budgeting
- Reliability (SRE) — MTTR, change failure rate, auto-remediation
Scoring Rules
- Score each dimension independently (0-6)
- Overall score = floor of weighted average (CI/CD and Reliability weighted 1.5x)
- Map overall score to maturity level name
- Flag any dimension scoring 2+ levels below overall as "critical gap"
Report Format
Generate a report like this:
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DevOps Maturity Assessment Report
Organization: [name]
Date: [date]
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Overall Level: [X] — [Level Name]
CI/CD & Deployment: [bar] X/6
Infrastructure as Code:[bar] X/6
Observability: [bar] X/6
Security (DevSecOps): [bar] X/6
Culture & Organization:[bar] X/6
FinOps: [bar] X/6
Reliability (SRE): [bar] X/6
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Strengths:
• [top 2-3 strong areas with specifics]
Critical Gaps:
• [dimensions 2+ levels below average]
Top 3 Recommendations:
1. [specific, actionable recommendation]
2. [specific, actionable recommendation]
3. [specific, actionable recommendation]
Benchmark: Your org scores in the
[top/middle/bottom] third of assessed
organizations.
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Use bar characters: ████░░ for visual scoring.
After the Report
- Offer to deep-dive into the weakest dimension
- Suggest a re-assessment timeline (quarterly recommended)
- For recommendations, reference DORA State of DevOps findings when relevant