Whitepaper Summary

Containerisation and Kubernetes promise scalability, speed, and efficiency - yet many initiatives quietly drift into distress long before they’re recognised as failing. This piece outlines 20 early warning signs that your project may be heading off course, helping leaders and DevOps teams diagnose issues early and take corrective action before they escalate.

Common signs include toolchain sprawl, repeated delays, “green” dashboards masking missed milestones, parallel legacy and new systems, and stakeholder disengagement. These signals indicate more than technical debt - they reflect growing misalignment between business goals and engineering execution.

The message is clear: spotting one or two symptoms means you should intervene; seeing several at once means the project is already in danger. The key to recovery lies in acknowledging the problems early, realigning ownership and accountability, and simplifying complexity to restore momentum and trust.

Success in modern containerisation depends not only on the right tools, but on culture, governance, and communication. This framework offers a practical checklist to assess the health of your Kubernetes or containerisation program and take action before productivity, confidence, and outcomes erode.

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