Introduction
- Framework for organizations to migrate to the cloud
- Agnostic of cloud provider
- Formed of four themes, and three phases
- Cloud maturity scale allows for measurement of progress
- Predefined epics serve as a starting point for adoption of the framework
Themes
Learn
- What is the quality and scale of learning programmes?
- How are teams upskilled?
Lead
- How IT trams are supported in cloud migration by leadership—exec sponsorship?
- Are teams cross-functional, collaborative and self-motivated?
- What is the team structure?
- How are budgets allocated?
- What governance is in place?
Scale
- What is the current extent of cloud native services?
- How are updates handled?
- How is capacity allocated?
Secure
- How are services protected from unauthorized access?
- Is an identity-centric model used?
- What security controls, technology and strategies are in place?
Phases
Tactical
- Individual workloads in place in the cloud
- Not strategy for future migration
- Focus on quick wins and cost reduction of individual systems
- Unable to scale
- Not necessarily pejorative—a crucial stepping in the process of reaching the transformation phase
- Allows experimentation, and lessons to be learnt
- Benefits from TCO analysis first—a jump straight to the strategic phase could be beneficial if the ROI of this phase is minimal
Strategic
- A broader vision governs individual workloads—workloads designed for future scale/needs
- People/processes now involved in the strategy
- Effective IT teams
- Can be applied to a subset of the organization—used as a blueprint to other departments
- Cloud operations running smoothly—cloud-first strategy
- IT becomes an engine of innovation—no longer a cost-centre, but a partner to the business
- Now able to integrate data and insights into the wider business gathered from working in the cloud
- Existing data shared
- New data collected and analysed—AI/ML
The Cloud Maturity Scale
![cloud_maturity_scale](../files/cloud_maturity_scale.svg)
Epics
- Epics in coloured segments most important
- Use as starting point for creating user stories to implement the framework
![google_cloud_adoption_epics](../files/google_cloud_adoption_epics.svg)
References