Assessing an application

You can estimate the risks and costs involved in preparing applications for containerization by performing application assessment. You can assess an application and display the currently saved assessments by using the Assessment module.

The {ProductFullName} assesses applications according to a set of questions relevant to the application, such as dependencies.

To assess the application, you can use the default Legacy Pathfinder {ProductShortName} questionnaire or import your custom questionnaires.

Important

You can assess only one application at a time.

Prerequisites

• You are logged in to an {ProductShortName} server.

Procedure

1. In the {ProductShortName} user interface, select the Migration view.

2. Click Application inventory in the left menu bar. A list of the available applications appears in the main pane.

3. Select the application you want to assess.

4. Click the Options menu ({kebab}) at the right end of the row and select Assess from the drop-down menu.

5. From the list of available questionnaires, click Take for the desired questionnaire.

6. Select Stakeholders and Stakeholder groups from the lists to track who contributed to the assessment for future reference.

   Note	You can also add Stakeholder Groups or Stakeholders in the Controls pane of the Migration view. For more information, see Seeding an instance.

7. Click Next.

8. Answer each Application assessment question and click Next.

9. Click Save to review the assessment and proceed with the steps in Reviewing an application.

Additional resources

• The default assessment questionnaire

• The custom assessment questionnaire

• Managing assessment questionnaires