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1、Building cloud momentum Pathways for organizations to accelerate successful cloud migration Table of contentsWhy momentum matters for migration value Big outcomes take buildup.2Map out the value and prepare your route Let business guide tech .5Mobilize people and processes for the journey Bring your
2、 people with you.10Consider a travel guide Were certified .1301 02 03 043Building cloud momentumExecutive SummaryMany organizations have set their sights on the clouds hottest destinations.These include benefits in the areas of speed,customer experience,security,and cost.Setting the right pace on yo
3、ur organizations way to these benefits is done by quantifying them,discovering the technical requirements of getting there,and prioritizing the benefits most aligned to your business goals as you lead up to your most complex migrations.Then focus on setting up your organizations cloud environment fo
4、r continuous improvement.Successful cloud adoption also depends on people and processes.Look inward to pinpoint where you are today,create space for new job titles in your cloud future,and set up a grow-as-you-go system that pairs learners with experts during migration.Last but not least,foster deep
5、er collaboration and faster delivery in the cloud by implementing cross-functional models like DevOps.Building cloud momentum means picking up speed on your organizations way to business outcomes in the cloudand taking your people with you.1Building cloud momentumWhy momentum matters for migration v
6、alue01When people talk about their dream destinations,we often say we want to“go”to a place when what we want is the experience of being there.Finding new areas to explore,appreciating the views,and discovering the best of what the destination has to offer uson a reasonable budget.The same mental pi
7、cture of settled-in bliss can exist when organizations consider migrating to the cloud.A leader may say they want their organization to“move to the cloud”or“exit our data centers,”but theres a chance the outcomes theyre anticipatingsuch as cost efficiency,delivery speed,and increased innovationtake
8、more than just arriving at the cloud;they require a meaningful presence there.Organizations with more than half of their companys IT environment in the cloud are 41%more likely to see increased organizational effectiveness.Source:Unisys Cloud Success Barometer 2Building cloud momentumWhile we do thi
9、nk its true that the more fully your IT resides in the cloud,the more value you tend to realize,we dont think your organization needs to get all the way there for a taste of success.Its possibleprobable,with the right strategiesto land early migration wins that sustain you on the way to big business
10、 outcomes.Thats why we like this way of thinking about the beginning of your cloud journey:building cloud momentum.The kind of momentum that takes you not just to the cloud,but to cost optimization,faster development and innovation,and beyond.The key to building cloud momentum lies in two areas:busi
11、ness and people.Each area informs an essential strategy for building cloud momentum:Lets take a tour through these two strategies and their supporting best practices.BUSINESSMap out the business value of migration and prepare your route accordingly.PEOPLEEnable people with training and ways of worki
12、ng designed for a smoother journey.36Building cloud momentumVisit the storyBuilding cloud momentumMap out the value and prepare your route02WHERE TO GO:The cloud has the potential to help speed up the pace of business,support game-changing customer experiences,and even make technology more secure an
13、d cost-effective.Organizations have come to expect these benefits from moving to the cloud and watch for these kinds of results.SpeedAbout 68%of organizations measure delivery speed to assess progress against their cloud goals,according to Flexera.And 48%measure speed of innovation,placing these met
14、rics second and third in the reports list of cloud KPIs.Customer ExperienceAccording to Unisys,40%of organizations expect a better customer experience from moving to the cloud.The same percentage expect improvements in staff productivity and agility.Theyre third on the reports list of expected cloud
15、 benefits.5Building cloud momentumSecurityIT and data security is the#1 most anticipated benefit of moving to the cloud,according to Unisys,with 64%of organizations expecting it.CostCost efficiency/savings is the top metric used to assess cloud progress,according to Unisys,with 74%of organizations m
16、easuring it.About half of organizations expect to better manage or reduce costs from moving to the cloud,placing cost savings second in the reports list of expected cloud benefits.WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR:There are a lot of good reasons to use the cloud.Be careful of taking on too many goals at onceor
17、of focusing too little on where youre going and too much on the complexity of getting there.The following best practices can help your organization set the right pace.1.Quantify value and build your business case.Its hard to quantify the priceless memories of a family vacation or the formative exper
18、iences of a backpacking trip.With cloud travel,its different.Quantifying the benefits of moving to the cloud can be done,as evidenced by McKinseys$750B valuation of cloud innovation opportunities or 2020 benchmarking research from Amazon Web Services(AWS),on which 6Building cloud momentumthe AWS Clo
19、ud Value Framework is based.Figure out just how much faster your organizations time to market will be in the cloud,or how much youll reduce your outages(and how much that will save you).This will help you find your most valuable movers and more confidently prioritize what to migrate and when(see#3).
20、2.Discover what the journey will take.Whats the state of your IT environment,and which of your applications are migration candidates?How many resources do those applications demand,and on what other components do they depend?Application dependency mapping is not a trip for the lighthearted,at#1 on F
21、lexeras list of top cloud migration challenges for all organizations.But the knowledge youll get by doing this,along with other methods of internal discovery,will give you a better idea of the investment required along the way.Itll also help you understand which of your migration groups will be the
22、most unwieldlyand costlyto bring along.Work your way up to these(see#3).3.Strike the right mix of business and technical.One of the most effective practices for building cloud momentum lies in preparing your route so that you are striking the right mix of business criticality and technical complexit
23、y at any given time.In the beginning of your migration,prioritize the migration groups that are your organizations simplest and least critical/risky.As your team builds its skills,focus on migration groups that are gradually more critical to your business operationsand fundamental to your goals.Afte
24、r that,you can start getting complex.This approach helps your organization get to business value in the cloud as quickly as possible without sacrificing quality.7Building cloud momentum4.Prepare for landing and settled.Once youre in the cloud,set up your environment for continuous improvement in are
25、as like cost.For example,dont just create cloud landing zones to be starting points for your new AWS environment;design landing zones to be staging areas for cost,usage,and business data in a simplified data lake architecture designed for cost analysis.When combined with a scalable tagging strategy
26、to accurately track costs back to accounts,this practice will help your organization observe and manage costs as it grows.Learn more about this cloud cost optimization practice and others on LinkedIn from Nikhil Prakash,a director of data and analytics at Slalom.811Building cloud momentumVisit the s
27、toryBuilding cloud momentumWHO TO BRING:Cloud adoption depends on people and processes.Figure out the skills and processes teams have today,the new ones that are needed to achieve ongoing cloud benefits,and how to enable your people in ways that get them ready for your cloud future.The following bes
28、t practices can help your organization embark on a smoother,swifter cloud journey for your people and your organization.1.Pinpoint where you are today.As with the business side,the people side of building cloud momentum starts with looking inward.Gain insights into how far along you are in your clou
29、d journey and address gaps in your organizations cloud readiness that were uncovered during assessment.More than three-fourths(79%)of the organizations surveyed in a 2021 Nutanix study said they currently lack the IT skills required to meet business demands.While gaps in cloud 10Mobilize people and
30、processes for the journey03Building cloud momentumand IT readiness are common,we believe that bridges from old skill sets to new can be built across many.Develop targeted training to take teams from the skills and capabilities they have today to the ones your organization needs tomorrow.2.Create spa
31、ce for people in your cloud future.Job roles can and often do evolve during a successful move to the cloud.For example,when one of our healthcare clients migrated to AWS with a focus on education,the director of infrastructure and operations proudly observed how one employee had earned not one but t
32、wo promotions during the organizations transition to the cloud.With enough support and opportunities for career advancement,the reality weve seen is that many people are eager to embrace the change and personal growth that the cloud asks for and enables.Work with your people to identify the impact o
33、f migration to their current roles and the new titles that they could grow into over the course of your migration.3.Enable growth as you go with a buddy system.Employee training and upskilling is the#1 area that leaders whose organizations have started moving to the cloud want to focus on more next
34、time,according to Unisys.Offer employees pre-migration training and do them one better:enable on-the-go growth with blended teams made up of experts and learners delivering the work together.Agile techniques can help here,giving you a series of sprints where you can incrementally ramp up learners fr
35、om one project to the next and accelerate knowledge transfer from experts to learners.11Building cloud momentum4.Break down barriers with new processes.The change brought about by the cloud has a ripple effect across functions,from business to IT.Because of this,it helps to align with executives acr
36、oss functions at the beginning of your cloud journey,but dont stop there.Your organization can foster deeper collaboration and faster delivery in the cloud by adopting cross-functional models like DevOps.DevOps brings together the workflows and responsibilities of development and operations teams to
37、 remove silos,reduce handover periods,and automate more processes.12Building cloud momentumConsider a travel guide04Organizations that enlist support for cloud migration tend to go places.Unisys found that leaders whose organizations worked with third parties to help them“manage moving to and optimi
38、zing the cloud”were 27%more likely to report that their organizational effectiveness has moderately or greatly changed for the better.We can help with that.At Slalom,we work with customers to build momentum as they head into their cloud journey.We help you go from assessing cloud use cases and capab
39、ilities to developing a technical and operational foundation for migration,to liftoff and beyond.Get more of our insights on cloud strategy.400+Technology partnerships1,700+Certified AWS consultants500+AWS customers14AWS Competencies3AWS Partner Programs7AWS Service ValidationsContact us today13Buil
40、ding cloud momentumSlalom is a global consulting firm focused on strategy,technology,and business transformation.In over 40 markets around the world,Slaloms teams have autonomy to move fast and do whats right.They are backed by regional innovation hubs,a global culture of collaboration,and partnersh
41、ips with the worlds top technology providers.Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle,Slalom has organically grown to over 13,000 employees.Slalom has been named one of Fortunes 100 Best Companies to Work For seven years running and is regularly recognized by employees as a best place to work.Learn more at .About S2022 Slalom,LLC.All rights reserved.Building cloud momentum