conscious resisters in almost every enterprise we work with . A colleague , also speaking at the symposium , called these people “ viruses .” This memorable description could not be more accurate - viruses kill cloud projects . Unless you discover and neutralize viruses , your likelihood of success will be low .
What ’ s the solution ? As with most ailments , early intervention is key . We have found that bringing key stakeholders together ( in the same room ) early immunizes your organization against viruses and eliminates blockers . At CTP , we use a structured three-day Workshop that delivers intensive executive training as the first step in our Cloud Adoption Program ( CAP ). For participants , the workshop turns into a rollercoaster of denial , anger , surrender and acceptance . Your staff will be scared and filled with fear , uncertainty and doubt ( FUD ) about the future of their jobs . As cloud leaders , it is your task to address these issues head-on and clear the FUD .
The structure of the CAP Workshop is straightforward - get all the decision makers , influencers , and stakeholders in the same room for three full days . We understand this is no small time commitment ! However , your cloud journey will be no small investment . It makes sound business sense to make a small investment up front to avoid larger , more costly mistakes down the road . Most of our CAP Workshops include 25 to 30 people on any given day with participants floating in and out depending on the topic . Here is a list of the roles you will need to make sure attend .
• Executive Sponsors - These may be from the below groups or from the C-suite , such as CTO , CIO and CEO whenever possible .
• Application Owners - Business units , development teams
• Security - CISO , SecOps people
• GRC - Governance , risk and compliance experts
• Finance - Procurement , risk and governance experts
• Lead Architects - Cloud and existing infrastructure leaders
• Database - Lead DBAs , data architects
• Central IT Operations - Leaders , key department heads , networking specialists
Getting everyone to commit to all or part of the CAP Workshop is definitely a challenge , but you ’ ll need all these stakeholders to be involved for a successful cloud program . Alignment is the most important first step in any major IT initiative , especially one as important as cloud adoption .
# 2 - Make a “ Cloud First ” Commitment
Core to making a Cloud First commitment is asking the question : “ Why are you moving to the public cloud ?” The answer to this simple , but powerful question
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