How is your transition to the cloud going?
When cloud project leaders are asked this question, they usually default to
technical types of responses. They answer that they have successfully closed
two data centers, decommissioned 20 servers, moved 200 workloads or cut the
time it takes to do a certain task by 30 percent. These metrics are important,
but they are not the whole story.
Cloud leaders often leave out the more immediate and often under-considered
question of how the transition is going for the people themselves.
Are people embracing the changes cloud is bringing to their daily work? Are
they confident they can do their jobs well in a cloud-focused environment? Do
they feel as valued by the organization as they did before? These are all valid
issues workers involved in a cloud project are dealing with – sometimes visible,
sometimes under the surface.
Issues around change, of course, extend way beyond the cloud. And they crop
up in every organization that is bringing on a new project, realigning depart-
ments or merging with an outside group.
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