Move to the Cloud: Planning/Design

1. Cloud Discovery
2. 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: