Assessment Template
A consistent approach for performing a Platform Recognition Assessment.
It brings the Platform Recognition Framework into practice while remaining aligned with the First Principles of Recognition OS.
A Platform Recognition Assessment recognizes and documents a platform, allowing recommendations to emerge from understanding.
Assessment Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Platform | |
| Assessment Date | |
| Assessor | |
| Version | |
| Status | Draft / In Progress / Complete |
Recognition Scope
Describe the purpose and scope of the assessment.
Questions to consider:
- What platform is being recognized?
- Why is the assessment being performed?
- What systems are included?
- What systems are outside the scope?
Recognition Questions
1. What exists?
Document observable facts.
Begin with what is present.
Relevant absences emerge as facts when supported by evidence.
Possible sources include infrastructure, applications, services, integrations, ownership, dependencies, and documentation.
2. How does it work?
Describe the structure and operation of the platform.
Examples include architecture, data flow, synchronization, runtime behavior, and operational processes.
3. What have we learned?
Capture operational understanding.
Examples include investigations, incidents, recurring problems, operational practices, and lessons learned.
4. Why is it this way?
Document intentional decisions.
Examples include architectural decisions, operational policies, accepted trade-offs, business constraints, and historical context.
Unknowns
Document unresolved questions. Unknowns remain explicit until evidence resolves them.
| Question | Status | Next Step |
|---|---|---|
Evidence
List the evidence supporting the assessment.
Possible evidence includes runtime output, logs, configuration, source code, database state, system behavior, authoritative documentation, and stakeholder interviews.
Recognition Summary
Summarize the recognized platform. The summary expresses current understanding. Recommendations follow in their own section.
Recommendations
Recommendations emerge from recognition.
Each recommendation remains traceable to recognized facts, structure, experience, or decisions.
| Recommendation | Evidence | Priority |
|---|---|---|