# Module: Migration Readiness Assessment MRA ## Task 1: Review objectives and best practices #### Description An MRA is a critical step early in the migration journey to assess the readiness of customers' applications for migrating to AWS. Customers gain critical insights regarding readiness and build a plan to close the identified gaps. The MRA also provides AWS and AWS partners with an opportunity to build trust and to be positioned as the preferred provider as customers expand their adoption into AWS. As part of the MRA workflow, the primary task is to review the targeted objectives of the migration journey. Targeted objectives include building an overall vision, creating a reliable implementation roadmap, identifying gaps, and providing corrective actions. #### Tools Migration Readiness Assessment (MRA) #### Acceptance Criteria • Reviewed the current architecture and identified strengths and weaknesses. #### Acceptance Criteria • Created an implementation roadmap for migration using best practices. ## Task 2: Pre workshop activities #### Description Perform pre-workshop activities as a first step in the MRA. The pre-workshop activities include the following: 1) Identifying attendees 2) A pre-workshop questionnaire 3) Planning the delivery (general and technical scope) #### Tools Migration Readiness Assessment (MRA) #### Acceptance Criteria • Created a list of attendees who support the MRA delivery • Created a pre-workshop questionnaire ## Task 2: Subtask 1: Identify stakeholders #### Description Create a list of attendees who will be part of a unified team that supports the MRA delivery. In the list of attendees, include a migration expert who facilitates the assessment activities and a customer expert who drives the customer relationship. For more information about the attendees, see [here](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/prescriptive-guidance/latest/migration-readiness/assessment-meeting.html#attendees). #### Acceptance Criteria • A list of attendees who support the MRA delivery. ## Task 2: Subtask 2: Conduct a pre workshop questionnaire #### Description This task needs to be carried out by a facilitator, a sponsor, and a participant of the MRA. The facilitator, is the owner of the assessment. With the support of the sponsor and participants, the facilitator follows the pre-workshop questionnaire workflow and assigns, follows up on, and reviews the pre-workshop questionnaire. #### Acceptance Criteria • Completed pre-workshop questionnaire. ## Task 2: Subtask 3: Plan the delivery #### Description After the re-workshop questionnaire is completed, the facilitator reviews the responses and understands the targeted outcomes. In addition to scheduling the workshop events as part of the MRA, the facilitator reviews the technical scope of the MRA. #### Acceptance Criteria • Identified detailed plan of deliverables ## Task 3: Workshop activities #### Description The Facilitator organizes the workshop activities as a second step in the MRA. The workshop agenda includes the following: 1) Executive perspective 2) Trends, success patterns, and alignment 3) Discovery 4) Financial enablement 5) Workshop results and closure #### Tools Migration Readiness Assessment (MRA) #### Acceptance Criteria • Detailed MRA report #### Acceptance Criteria • Documented a next-phase proposal ## Task 4: Post workshop activities #### Description After the workshop, start preparing for the Mobilize phase. This preparation includes the following: 1) Customers identify a leader for the migration within the organization 2) Customers commit to moving forward with the migration phases 3) Customers to decide on governance, security, and operating processes 4) Create a final SOW for the Mobilize phase #### Tools Migration Readiness Assessment (MRA) #### Acceptance Criteria • Create a detailed SOW for the Mobilize phase.