TuskerGauge Quick DevOps & DevSecOps Maturity Guide – 24-Question Self‑Assessment

DevOps & DevSecOps Maturity Guide

DevOps & DevSecOps Maturity Guide

This guide documents the 24 questions used in the Stonetusker DevOps Maturity Assessment. Each question represents a real capability and is scored from Not doing to Visionary.

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Integration

Q1. CI/CD Standardization

Are CI/CD tools standardized and integrated across teams?

Evaluates consistency and reuse of CI/CD tooling.

Low scores indicate fragmented pipelines; high scores indicate shared, automated paths.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q2. Toolchain Automation

Do application, infrastructure, and security tools integrate automatically?

Checks whether automation connects tools or humans act as glue.

Low scores rely on manual handoffs; high scores use APIs, events, and webhooks.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Testing

Q3. Test Coverage

Is automated testing implemented across all critical layers?

Measures depth of automated testing.

Low scores depend on manual QA; high scores validate changes automatically.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q4. Shift-Left Testing

Are tests executed early and continuously?

Focuses on when defects are detected.

Low scores find issues late; high scores block issues early.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Culture

Q5. Collaboration

Do teams collaborate effectively across disciplines?

Assesses cross-functional teamwork.

Low scores show silos; high scores show shared accountability.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q6. Ownership

Is ownership of reliability, security, and cost clearly defined?

Checks accountability clarity.

Low scores indicate blame culture; high scores indicate end-to-end ownership.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Infrastructure

Q7. Infrastructure as Code

Is infrastructure managed using Infrastructure as Code?

Evaluates repeatability and versioning.

Low scores rely on consoles; high scores rely on code and reviews.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q8. Environment Parity

Are environments consistent and reproducible?

Checks configuration drift.

Low scores show snowflake environments; high scores recreate environments from code.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Leadership

Q9. Executive Sponsorship

Does leadership actively sponsor DevOps and SRE initiatives?

Measures leadership commitment.

Low scores indicate ad-hoc support; high scores show strategic investment.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q10. Metrics-Driven Decisions

Are delivery and reliability metrics used in decisions?

Checks data-driven leadership.

Low scores rely on intuition; high scores use operational metrics.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

SRE

Q11. SLOs and Error Budgets

Are SLIs, SLOs, and error budgets defined and used?

Measures reliability maturity.

Low scores lack targets; high scores balance reliability and delivery.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q12. Incident Learning

Do incidents drive long-term improvements?

Evaluates learning culture.

Low scores repeat incidents; high scores fix systemic causes.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Deployment

Q13. Deployment Safety

Are deployments automated and low risk?

Measures release confidence.

Low scores mean stressful releases; high scores mean routine deployments.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q14. Progressive Delivery

Are canary or blue-green strategies used?

Checks blast-radius control.

Low scores deploy all-or-nothing; high scores deploy progressively.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Innovation

Q15. Safe Experimentation

Can teams innovate safely?

Measures experimentation enablement.

Low scores fear change; high scores use guardrails.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q16. Structured Adoption

Are new tools adopted through a structured process?

Checks innovation scalability.

Low scores create chaos; high scores scale proven ideas.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Observability

Q17. System Visibility

Do telemetry signals provide clear visibility?

Measures system insight.

Low scores struggle to debug; high scores diagnose quickly.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q18. Proactive Detection

Are issues detected before users are impacted?

Checks early-warning capability.

Low scores react to complaints; high scores detect early.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Design

Q19. Design for Quality

Are scalability, resilience, security, and cost considered early?

Measures design maturity.

Low scores bolt-on quality; high scores design for it.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q20. Living Architecture

Are architectural decisions documented and reviewed?

Checks architectural hygiene.

Low scores rely on tribal knowledge; high scores use ADRs.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Security

Q21. Security Automation

Are security controls automated?

Measures DevSecOps maturity.

Low scores are manual; high scores are continuous.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q22. Vulnerability Management

Are vulnerabilities tracked to remediation?

Checks follow-through.

Low scores lose findings; high scores close them.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Cost Optimization

Q23. Cost Visibility

Is cloud cost visible to engineering teams?

Measures financial transparency.

Low scores see surprise bills; high scores review costs regularly.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

Q24. FinOps in Engineering

Are FinOps practices embedded into workflows?

Checks proactive cost control.

Low scores react to overruns; high scores optimize continuously.
Not doingNoviceIntermediateAdvancedExpertVisionary

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