Process

A local evidence workflow for restricted enterprise estates.

TangleMap separates collection from interpretation. The client-side collector creates an encrypted evidence bundle; analyst-local tooling turns it into the inventory, dependencies, caveats, scoring, and recommendations needed for a modernization readout.

Collection

Collect local evidence

Run inside the client environment and gather metadata, raw artifacts, warnings, and coverage signals.

Evidence

Build the evidence model

Normalize assets and relationships across reports, jobs, packages, models, and SQL objects.

Complexity

Score the hard parts

Expose complexity drivers with confidence and coverage caveats instead of false precision.

Findings

Review what matters

Separate critical, stale, risky, ambiguous, and incomplete areas for assessment discussion.

Roadmap inputs

Shape next decisions

Use the assessment readout to support pilot scope, modernization paths, roadmap options, and partner planning.

Collection stays local

The collector is run inside the client environment. It does not require inbound access from a hosted service.

The handoff is explicit

The encrypted bundle is the boundary between client-side collection and analyst-controlled assessment.

Evidence stays caveated

Relationships are direct, parsed, or inferred. Coverage gaps and low-confidence findings remain visible.

Interpretation is explicit

TangleMap accelerates discovery, but consultant review turns evidence into recommendations and next-step options.

Operational detail

The flow is simple, but the review is deliberate.

The process page is about what happens when an assessment runs. The methodology page explains how evidence, confidence, coverage, scoring, and caveats are interpreted.

Before collection

Confirm the estate slice, systems in scope, collector host, access model, and what decision the assessment needs to support.

During collection

Gather metadata and selected raw artifacts where permitted, while recording partial access, unsupported surfaces, and scan warnings.

After ingestion

Normalize assets, correlate relationships, attach evidence and confidence, then review complexity, coverage, warnings, and recommendation signals.

During readout

Use the evidence to discuss retain-and-investigate, phased modernization, priority planning, and open questions with the consulting or delivery team.

Next step

Move from evidence flow to modernization decisions.

After the assessment flow is clear, review how TangleMap evidence supports retain-and-investigate, phased modernization, priority planning, and open questions.