Retain and investigate
Keep assets in place while closing evidence gaps when complexity, dependency risk, or low confidence makes immediate change unsafe.
Modernization decisions
The assessment should not assume the destination.
TangleMap helps decide which modernization path is defensible based on evidence, confidence, and coverage. Specific platform, architecture, retirement, and rebuild decisions should come through consultant review after the assessment.
Phased modernization
Sequence modernization around dependency clusters, access gaps, and areas where the evidence supports staged change.
Prioritize modernization
Focus planning attention on assets or domains with enough evidence, clear drivers, and a defensible case for action.
Rationalization candidates
Surface stale, disabled, duplicated, weakly connected, or low-value assets for business validation before any removal decision.
Advisory target posture
Use on-prem, hybrid, or cloud direction as context under the recommended path, not as an automated conclusion.
Open questions
Create follow-up questions when permissions, unsupported patterns, retained history, or ambiguous dependencies limit confidence.
Sample recommendation output
Path signals are review prompts.
- Retain and investigate: Low confidence, high dependency concentration, or missing access makes immediate modernization planning risky.
- Phased modernization: Evidence shows separable clusters, clear dependencies, and a sensible sequence for reducing risk over time.
- Prioritize modernization: Assets have enough evidence, clear complexity drivers, and business pressure to justify active planning.
- Validate retirement: Stale or weakly connected assets are candidates for owner validation before any removal decision.
Reader path
Use this after the process page.
Once the assessment flow is clear, modernization decisions explain how the evidence becomes planning options. Services then explain how those options are interpreted with the team or partner.
Next step
Turn path signals into planning decisions.
Use the assessment readout to decide what to investigate, phase, prioritize, or validate with business owners before implementation planning.