Document Your Cloud Strategy – Phases 1-4

Author(s): Jeremy Roberts , Emily Sugerman

Use this blueprint to facilitate conversations with your team and document the results in your cloud strategy document. The following topics will be covered in the blueprint:

  • People: Get the right individuals at the table; decisions around cloud strategy should not be made in isolation. Start with a steering committee that comprises representation from IT, business, and leadership teams.
  • Process: Governing the use of cloud is crucial to successful cloud strategy. Effective governance will keep data safe, cost in check, the environment safe, services verified, and operations running smoothly.
  • Technology: Lastly, decisions around getting to the cloud by way of migration or adoption must be made, as well as how to provision and monitor the established cloud environment(s).