graduation-checklist

CNCF graduation readiness requires auditing your project against all due diligence criteria across Governance, Contribution, Security, and Lifecycle domains to identify compliance gaps before submitting an application.

The CNCF graduation due diligence audit verifies project maturity, checks required file existence, and cross-references due diligence templates across Governance, Contribution, Security, and Lifecycle domains.

To identify gaps in CNCF graduation requirements, audit the project against all due diligence criteria to clearly list unmet conditions and suggest the specific skills needed to create or fix the required artifacts.

Yes, use a graduation readiness assessment when a project is preparing to apply for CNCF graduation to verify all necessary documentation and processes are in place before submitting an application.

Preparing for a CNCF graduation compliance audit requires having your project's governance, contribution, security, and lifecycle documentation available so the audit can verify maturity and check file existence against due diligence templates.

A CNCF project fails graduation readiness criteria when it has missing required files, lacks maturity verification, or does not cross-reference correctly against due diligence templates across the Governance, Contribution, Security, and Lifecycle domains.