Full context: pre-sales/discovery.md Example: Healthcare air-gapped POC discovery
Environment & Infrastructure
- What does your current deployment environment look like?
- Are you running Kubernetes? If so, what distribution?
- Is this environment air-gapped or network-restricted?
- What are your egress/ingress constraints?
- Do you have a container registry? Can it pull from external sources?
- What CI/CD tooling are you using today?
Security & Compliance
- Are there compliance requirements we should know about? (FedRAMP, SOC 2, ITAR, etc.)
- Who approves software for deployment? Is there a review process?
- What's your change management process look like?
- Are there restrictions on tooling or languages?
Timeline & Stakeholders
- What's driving the timeline for this evaluation?
- Who else needs to be involved in the decision?
- Is there a specific event or deadline we're working toward?
- Have you evaluated other solutions? What did you like or not like?
Success Criteria
- What does a successful POC look like to you?
- What would make you confident enough to move forward?
- Are there specific use cases or workflows you need to validate?
- What's the "must have" vs "nice to have"?
Operational Readiness
- Who will own this in production?
- What does your support model look like?
- What monitoring/observability tooling do you use?
- How do you handle upgrades and patching today?