Assessment Tool

The 5-Minute Migration Readiness Assessment

Why Platform Health Is Now a Board-Level KPI

Legacy eCommerce platforms aren’t tolerable inefficiencies; they are active threats to revenue performance, customer experience, and competitive advantage. This checklist helps you determine if your technical debt has become a business risk and if you are ready for the new Adobe Commerce architecture.

Duration

5 Minutes

Instructions

Select the checkbox that best describes your situation.

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Point weights are assigned to reflect business impact

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Mobile Site Speed (Core Web Vitals)

We experience significant site speed drag (>3.5s load times).

Scores are inconsistent or "Average" (Yellow).

Scores are consistently "Poor" (Red), negatively affecting SEO.

Scores are "Good" (Green in Google Lighthouse).

None

Conversion Stability Under Load

Load times are fast and stable, even during peak traffic events like Black Friday.

Occasional slow-downs are reported, leading to some cart abandonment.

We see "Conversion Gaps” and frequently see high bounce rates due to performance.

We have experienced major site outages or performance failures during peak events, resulting in significant revenue losses.

None

Upgrades, Patches & Security

Upgrades and patches (minor/security) are automated, with PCI/data compliance maintained easily.

We budget significant time (weeks) for major version upgrades and annual security patches.

We often delay major upgrades or patches because they require complex project management and bug fixing.

We spend the majority of our development budget on "keeping the lights on" rather than on new features.

None

Content Flexibility

Marketing can instantly update the homepage, landing pages, and banners without developer input.

Marketing requires some developer oversight or minor code changes for major page updates.

We cannot launch new campaigns or update core pages without dedicated developer time (days/weeks).

Content changes are a significant bottleneck, severely slowing down our ability to react to market trends or launch seasonal campaigns.

None

Development Cycles

Our developers focus >80% of their time on new, revenue-driving features.

Our developers spend significant time on bug fixes, but feature development is consistent.

We have long lead times (months) for simple features due to developer time being consumed by maintenance and bug fixing.

We have a massive backlog of new features, and our developers are primarily stuck in a reactive mode (fixing rather than building).

None

Integrations

We integrate new tools (ERP, PIM, CDP) using native APIs in weeks, not months.

New integrations are complex and require months of custom development.

We have actively avoided integrating best-of-breed tools due to their high cost and the risk of failure.

We rely on our older, custom-built integrations, which are brittle and frequently break.

None

Catalog Management

Managing product data (pricing, variations) across regions is centralized and efficient.

We require manual oversight or custom scripts to manage complex product data/variations (e.g., thousands of SKUs).

Updating prices or product attributes across regions can take hours and require dedicated data entry teams.

Catalog complexity frequently causes customer-facing errors, or we are blocked from launching new product lines because the system cannot handle them.

None

Asset Management

We store images centrally but resize, crop, and upload them to different channels using tools such as cron jobs or compute functions (e.g., AWS Lambda).

Product images are stored across multiple locations and channels, leading to version-control issues.

Poor image management (size, latency) is a known factor contributing to slow site speed and negative customer experience.

We lack centralized storage or optimization; image processing is a purely manual process, resulting in frequent storefront errors, high bandwidth costs, and severe performance penalties.

None

Business Model Flexibility & Expansion

We maintain separate platforms (or completely separate codebases) for our B2B and B2C channels, resulting in duplicate data entry and double the maintenance costs.

We are a B2B business, but our buyers complain that purchasing is complex and demand a smooth, "Amazon-like" consumer experience that our current platform cannot deliver.

We have delayed launching a new revenue channel (like D2C, Wholesale, or a secondary brand) because our current architecture is too rigid to handle multiple audiences on a single instance.

We struggle to manage unique price books or product catalogs for different customer groups without relying on heavy, fragile customizations.

None

Time to test and Revenue Risk

We can launch campaigns, landing pages, and experiments within days with no downtime or impact on sales.

Simple experiments require coordination across multiple teams.

Campaign launches take weeks and are often delayed due to platform constraints.

We avoid experimentation because it disrupts existing functionality or performance.

None

Data Activation & AI Readiness

Real-time data and AI-powered recommendations drive personalized experiences.

We have a basic data strategy but struggle to turn shopper behavior into actionable insights.

Our data is siloed across multiple legacy systems, making personalization impossible.

We rely on manual reporting and have no clear path toward leveraging Generative AI for growth.

None

Search Experience Quality

Search delivers lightning-fast, relevant results with AI-powered faceting and synonyms.

Search results are accurate, but managing merchandising rules and synonyms is a manual burden.

Shoppers frequently encounter "zero results" pages or irrelevant products.

Site search is a primary point of frustration for our customers and harms our conversion rate.

None

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The 5-Minute Migration Readiness Assessment

Why Platform Health Is Now a Board-Level KPI

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