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A powerful technique to achieve continuous executive alignment is to build a “Cloud Change Canvas.” A change canvas is based on the business model can- vas concept, a tool created in the lean startup universe. A change canvas pro- vides a one-stop view of the business’ urgencies, success metrics, target con- ditions, visions, investments and desired wins/benefits driving its cloud journey. Canvas authoring is a group activity — very visual, with a powerful style to engage participation. It’s like a business case, but it’s lightweight to create and easy to evolve as the team builds and learns. In summary, the exer- cise forces your leadership team to take ownership and sustain involvement in the cloud transformation process. Key Activity 2: Assess your current cloud maturity and set direction Most likely you are not starting from scratch. Even if you are, the fact remains that you can leverage the learnings of others who have transitioned to cloud before you. One common approach is to conduct a Cloud Maturity Assessment. If you are familiar with CMMI Institute's Service Capability Maturity Model, then you are familiar with the tactic. Service Operations Customer / Service Strategy Service Portfolio & Design Vendors / Partners Financial / Cost Mgmt Securit Comp Enable Optimal Cloud Operations Full Lifecycle Management of Cloud Service Cost, Quality & Compliance SLAs / SLOs Continuous Cost Optimization Secure, C Auditabl 4 — Self Serve - End to End App/ Infra Automation End to End Visibility Application Landscape Templates Provider Roadmaps Integrated Total Cost of Operations Applicatio w/i C Fram 3 — Self-Serve - Infrastructure as Code Application Aligned Services Workload Profile Cloud Templates Real Time Service Reporting Total Cost of Service Infrastruct w/i C Fram 2 — Partially Automated Application Oriented Cloud Services Initial Standard Cloud Services Vendor Management Framework Real Time Cost Integration 1 — Manually Engineered Heavy Lifting per Application One off Service Design Disparate Contracts Manage to Budget 5 — Continuous Service Optimization Cloud Fram Oper Complian Docum Figure 3: CTP’s Cloud 80 | THE DOPPLER | WINTER 2018