Tools for conducting an Agile Readiness audit

Hi Bekah Nichols,
Great question.
An Agile readiness audit is a powerful step if seen as learning, not inspection.

Start by defining what “readiness” means for your context, not just tools and processes, but the culture and leadership behaviors that sustain them.
Then combine a brief questionnaire, a simple gap-analysis, and a 1-to-4 maturity rubric to visualize where you stand.

Include Agile practices (backlog, sprint review, retrospectives) and assess whether teams are empowered, leaders support autonomy, and feedback flows freely.

Finally, turn insights into a clear action plan, owners, timelines, and next steps.

You’ll find good starting points in the Templates section here on ProjectManagement.com (for example, the Change Readiness Assessment) or by searching for “Agile Maturity Model” and “Agile Readiness Checklist” resources.

Think of it less as a pass/fail audit, and more as a mirror that helps your teams and stakeholders grow together.

Great question, Bekah, a few solid tools to start your Agile Readiness audit are the Agile Readiness Checklist from California CDT, the Info-Tech Agile Readiness Survey, and Ascendle’s Excel Fit-Gap Assessment (people, process, tools). I’d recommend tailoring one to your department, running it across teams, and turning results into a quick heat map to identify focus areas.