Document Your Cloud Strategy
Drive consensus by outlining how your organization will use the cloud.
Onsite Workshop
If you don’t establish the right kind of cloud strategy for your organization, you risk:
- Overspending on cloud services
- Breaching security requirements
- Failing to provide adequate redundancy
- Low stakeholder satisfaction
With the cloud strategy, your organization can achieve:
- Alignment between IT and the business on the right use of cloud services within the organization
- The right processes and procedures for governing the cloud
- High stakeholder satisfaction
Module 1: Empower Your People to Use the Cloud
The Purpose
- Determine how to effectively leverage stakeholders and staff to take advantage of the cloud.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Consensus around cloud council, required IT skills, and talent acquisition approach.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 1.1 | Identify individuals for your cloud council. |
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| 1.2 | Discuss messaging to staff around skills that will accompany use of cloud services. |
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| 1.3 | Discuss your hiring strategy. |
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Module 2: Establish Appropriate Governance for the Cloud (Part 1)
The Purpose
- Develop the cloud strategy.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Strategic statements around key governance areas.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Determine appropriate strategic statements for cloud data and security. |
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| 2.2 | Determine appropriate strategic statements for finance and vendor management. |
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Module 3: Establish Appropriate Governance for the Cloud (Part 2)
The Purpose
- Develop the cloud strategy.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Strategic statements around key governance areas.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Determine appropriate strategic statements for cloud portfolio management. |
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| 3.2 | Determine appropriate strategic statements for integration, architecture, and ops management. |
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Module 4: Determine Guidelines for Your Technology
The Purpose
- Determine the approach for managing the cloud lifecycle.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Strategic statements for managing cloud assets from provisioning to migration and adoption through monitoring.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Discuss when to migrate existing vs. adopt new cloud solutions. |
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| 4.2 | Identify necessary controls for provisioning and monitoring the cloud environment. |
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