Setup cloud security controls The security controls are a prioritized, highly focused set of actions that have a support team to make them implementable, usable, scalable, and compliant with all industry or government security requirements. These controls assume that an organization has management control over the application and infrastructure s …

Define migration strategy and schedule Designing the migration strategy and approach is a key component and driver for future planning. Produce a draft migration schedule and timetable of migration events. The migration approach takes input from the migration plan and all discovery activities.  It analyses these inputs to create a …

Create migration event playbook The creation of the migration event playbook establishes the management system for the migration event.  This includes the definition of management boards and the decision making framework including go/no go criteria. What is a migration event playbook? A migration event playbook is designed to coordinate all …

Create the migration technical runbook The “technical runbook” is a very detailed plan for the migration / relocation event. During its creation the runbook should be reviewed by all technical key stakeholders. Technical runbook A technical runbook is a compilation of routine procedures and operations that the system administrator or operator …

The Method Adoption Workshop During my IBM career the method adoption workshop was used several times in the beginning of the project initiation. It’s conducted to expedite the project-planning process. The MAW is a group meeting that requires participation by all project stakeholders both for their expertise and to assure buy-in. It …

Design cloud migration factory A cloud migration factory provides the borders for the execution of the cloud migration strategy and which are moving the application groups to the cloud deployment model at the selected cloud provider. The cloud migration factory allows an organization to set up a cloud ecosystem that …