Lesson 3 of 414 min

Walking through the 6 questions on a real problem

Pick a system you operate. Score it on Purpose, People, Process, Technology, Risk, Optimization.

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Take any system in your environment — a firewall, an M365 (Microsoft 365) tenant, a backup platform.

Walk Purpose (why does it exist?), People (who owns/uses it?), Process (how does work flow through it?), Technology (how is it built?), Risk (what can go wrong?), Optimization (how do we make it better?).

Write down what's missing. That's your roadmap for that system.

Key takeaways

▸Six questions = mini-architecture review
▸The gaps you find become the roadmap
▸Repeat quarterly per critical system

Areas to show initiative · +15 XP each

Pick a real system and write a 1-page 6-question reviewIdentify the top 3 gaps with owners and dates

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