Selecting the Right First
Mover
This is not a hard task. Your first
mover has to involve all stakeholders. Here are some of the criteria we suggest when selecting
the first app:
Data - Select an app with PII classified data. Make sure that it is
sensitive and matters to the
enterprise. You want security,
GRC and others to take notice
that you are moving privileged
data to the public cloud.
Small Footprint - Keep the number of workloads (VMs) and data
to a small footprint. Your first
mover does not have to be large
and complex. You’re exercising
the organization, not the power of
the cloud.
Volunteers - Select a team that
wants to go to the cloud. Why
punish yourself with a team that is
uncooperative? Make sure they
understand the critical nature of
the first mover and gain their
approval early.
Success is Near
Your successful cloud adoption is
driven by the cooperation of all
the stakeholders. You need to
select them early on. Learn what
their objections are and deal with
them now, so you do not have to
cross that bridge later when
you’re trying to gain speed.
Pick an important app. Pick an
app that touches all parts of the
organization. Everyone is watching. Make it count.
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