The Platform Engineering Maturity Assessment is a free, 8-dimension self-assessment that scores an organization’s platform engineering practice on a 5-stage rubric: pre-platform, shared infrastructure, self-service primitives, Internal Developer Platform, mature. The eight dimensions are workload portability, GitOps adoption, observability unification, secrets handling, identity model, multi-tenancy, disaster-recovery posture, and self-service depth. It is built for engineering managers, VP Engineering, platform leads, and CIOs/CTOs scoping platform investment. Aenix uses the same instrument in its paid Platform Readiness Assessment to baseline organizations before recommending follow-on work, and now offers it free as a downloadable PDF with the full rubric and a scoring sheet. Most outcomes point to the developer self-service layer of Ænix Private Cloud Platform, built on the open-source Cozystack platform, as the structured next step.
An 8-dimension self-assessment that scores your platform engineering practice on a 5-stage maturity scale. Used by Ænix during Platform Readiness Assessment to baseline organizations before recommending Phase 2 work. Now available free for self-assessment.
Pairs with: the developer self-service layer of Ænix Private Cloud Platform — the Internal Developer Platform layer (GitLab, Argo CD, APIs, golden paths) on top of the Cozystack cloud foundation. Most assessment outcomes point to that layer as the structured next step.
What’s assessed (8 dimensions)
- Workload portability — IaC coverage, drift detection, environment parity
- GitOps adoption — declarative ops, PR-driven changes, audit trail
- Observability unification — single pane of glass, SLO discipline, alert hygiene
- Secrets handling — central management, rotation, audit
- Identity model — workforce ↔ workload identity federation
- Multi-tenancy — namespace, project, or tenant CRD model
- Disaster-recovery posture — backup, restore, DR-tested cadence
- Self-service depth — golden paths, time-to-environment
For each dimension, the same 5-stage rubric: Pre-platform → Shared infrastructure → Self-service primitives → Internal Developer Platform → Mature.
8-dimension self-assessment5-stage rubricFree PDF
produces
Maturity reportMaturity stagePriority dimensions
points to
Ænix Private Cloud Platform — developer self-service layerGitLabArgo CDGolden paths
What you get
- The full rubric — all eight dimensions, five stages each, with the observable behaviour that defines every stage
- A scoring sheet — print and walk through with engineering leadership; scores total into a maturity stage
- Prioritisation guidance — which dimensions to invest in first at each stage
Who uses this
- Engineering managers / VP Engineering
- Platform engineering leads
- CIOs / CTOs scoping platform investment
- Anyone preparing platform engineering business case
After downloading
Walk through with engineering leadership. Identify priority dimensions. For deeper engagement see Platform engineering services or Internal developer platform.
Ænix is the team behind Cozystack (CNCF Project), and we offer Ænix Platform — our commercial productized offering based on Cozystack.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Platform Engineering Maturity Assessment measure?
It scores eight dimensions of a platform engineering practice (workload portability, GitOps adoption, observability unification, secrets handling, identity model, multi-tenancy, disaster-recovery posture, and self-service depth) against a 5-stage rubric: pre-platform, shared infrastructure, self-service primitives, Internal Developer Platform, and mature.
Is the assessment free?
Yes. Aenix uses the same instrument in its paid Platform Readiness Assessment, but the self-assessment itself is available free as a downloadable PDF containing the full rubric and a scoring sheet you can walk through with your team.
Who should use this assessment?
Engineering managers and VP Engineering, platform engineering leads, and CIOs or CTOs scoping platform investment. It is also useful for anyone building a platform engineering business case who needs a structured baseline to share with leadership.
What is the recommended next step after completing it?
Walk through the results with engineering leadership to identify priority dimensions. Most outcomes point to the developer self-service layer of Ænix Private Cloud Platform (the Internal Developer Platform layer on top of Cozystack), or to Aenix platform engineering and internal developer platform services for a deeper engagement.
How does this relate to Cozystack and Aenix?
Aenix is the team behind Cozystack, a CNCF Sandbox project licensed under Apache 2.0 that runs VMs and containers on one Kubernetes API. Aenix sells Ænix Platform, a productized offering built on Cozystack, plus the services and assessments that help organizations adopt it.
What do I receive when I download it?
A PDF self-assessment you can print and walk through: the 5-stage rubric for each of the eight dimensions, a scoring sheet that totals into a maturity stage, and guidance on which dimensions to prioritize for investment.
