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Readiness Audit

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Readiness Audit

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Introduction

A Readiness Audit is the process of evaluating an organisation’s preparedness to successfully execute an Enterprise Business Application initiative. It identifies strengths, gaps, and critical areas that need attention before moving forward with the implementation

Conducting this audit as the first step ensures that the organisation clearly understands its current readiness level and can create a targeted action plan. Involving key business users during this phase is essential, as it fosters ownership and early commitment to the transformation journey.

Purpose of the Readiness Audit

Evaluate preparedness, of the organisation to carry out a successful project implementation.

Assess employee readiness, to adapt to new enterprise applications - technically and culturally.

Build employee buy-in, creating responsibility and engagement from the start.

Set a readiness benchmark, if the score is below threshold, strengthen internal systems before starting implementation.

Many projects fail not because of software limitations, but because the organisation itself is not ready for such a transformation.

Why It Matters

Business processes 

are streamlined and standardised before digitisation.

Systems and procedures

can support enterprise workflows.

Leadership and employees

are aligned with project goals.

Risks of delays, overruns, and failures

are minimised.

Readiness Audit Execution Model
“Assess - Prepare - Transform”

  • Executive Sponsorship: Treat the project as a business transformation, not as an IT project.
  • Clear Business Goals: Define measurable KPIs such as cost, efficiency, growth, compliance, and visibility.
  • Enterprise Alignment: Ensure proper financial and resource budgeting. Leadership vision drives the project as a Business Initiative.
  • Standardisation of SOPs: Uniformity across functions.
  • End-to-End Process Mapping: Current to future workflows (optimised, streamlined).
  • Integration Architecture: Seamless connectivity across applications & third-party systems.
  • Applications must fit into connected, optimised processes.<
  • Scalable Infrastructure Model: Devices, servers, cloud framework readiness.
  • Security & Compliance: Cybersecurity & Access Controls, Regulatory Compliance (GDPR, SOX, Local Statutory).
  • Data Quality & Governance:
    • Master Data Accuracy (customers, vendors, items, employees, pricing).
    • MIS & Analytics Readiness.
  • Strong tech + clean data = reliable, trusted, compliant systems.
  • Stakeholder Buy-in: Understanding benefits, challenges, and mitigation.
  • Skill Readiness: End-user, super-user, IT, and management training needs.
  • Change Management: Ability to adapt to new processes and roles.
  • Digital transformation is 30% technology, 70% people & culture.

Readiness Audit Deliverables

A Readiness Audit is not just diagnostic – it is risk prevention and success assurance. By ensuring processes, people, and systems are prepared, organisations dramatically increase the likelihood of successful enterprise application implementation.