E2 – Evaluate
From Strategy to Signal
Now that the strategic groundwork is in place, it's time to evaluate your current metadata landscape and uncover the reality on the ground.
This phase is all about visibility and diagnosis. You need to understand which resources are properly tagged, where gaps exist, and which teams are aligned — or out of sync.
Key Actions
- Inventory cloud accounts, workloads, and environments
- Run tag coverage reports by BU, application, or team
- Identify missing, invalid, or inconsistent tags
- Document legacy patterns or “tribal” tagging practices
- Highlight risk areas (e.g., untagged prod, unowned spend)
Deliverables
- Dashboards and reports on tag compliance and coverage
- Scorecards showing team-by-team performance
- A risk map highlighting critical gaps and blind spots
- Baseline maturity assessment for governance visibility
This phase closes the gap between the vision and the current state. With this baseline, you can prioritize what to fix — and where to start building automation.