# Assessment Stage — Elaboration

## Criteria Guidance

### Good criteria — concrete and verifiable

- "Inventory covers all source tables/services with row counts and dependency mappings"
- "Risk register identifies at least 3 categories (data loss, downtime, compatibility) with severity ratings"
- "Dependency graph shows which systems must migrate in sequence vs. parallel"

### Bad criteria — vague (no clear check)

- "Assessment is complete"
- "Risks are documented"
- "Systems are inventoried"

