Move to the Cloud: Planning/Design
- Cloud Discovery
- Cloud Design
Outcome: Aligning IS and the Cloud with the Business
Information Systems [IS] must support Business Strategy and Requirements. Investigating this Alignment must be practical, concrete and lead to tangible benefits for our clients.
Cloud Discovery & Alignment: 3 days minimum
- Assess IS issues in aligning with the Business strategy
- Discover if IS mis-alignment is causing Business issues
- Discover how IS become better at supporting the Business
- Assess how Cloud can help in realignment [if not that will be noted]
- Assess concretely, how to better align the IS with the business
- Investigate VM sprawl, life cycle of applications and hardware, end-user requirements, business demands, IS resources and skills, IS budgets and support
- Outcome: Aligning IS & the Cloud if appropriate, to the business process
Cloud Design: 3 days minimum
- Identifies most appropriate cloud models for the right applications
- Roadmaps how to migrate those applications to the target deployment model [typically 1-2 apps to start with realistically]
- Runbooks are produced with detailed requirements and planning
- Implementation, timelines and ROI provided
Example: Using Cloud Technology to align IS with the Business
Deciphering the Journey:
