Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) Flashcards
What is the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
Conceptual framework for accelerating the cloud adoption journey
Define -> Plan -> Ready -> Adopt
CAF - Define Strategy - Motivations
Establish Motivations for Cloud Adoption - mandated? merger? cost savings? optimization? market demands? agility?
CAF - Define Strategy - Business Outcomes
Fiscal - revenue, cost, profit Agility - time to market Reach - global access Customer Engagement - cycle time Performance - SLAs, downtime, operations, reliability
CAF - Define Strategy - Business Justification
Business Case - the cloud is not always cheaper!
Financial model: Capex/Opex, ROI, gain, cost avoidance/reduction
Cloud accounting: cost center, procurement, profit center, revenue generating
CAF - Define Strategy - First Project
Business criteria: workload supported by a BDM
Technical criteria: minimum dependencies and test path, no governance
Qualitative analysis: current team analysis
CAF - Plan - Digital Estate
Rationalization: Inventory
Quantitative Analysis: Asset optimized and sized properly
Qualitative analysis: operational process
CAF - Plan - Initial Organization Alignment
Cloud Strategy Team
Cost management
IT-business alignment
Governance MVP
CAF - Plan - Skill readiness plan
Organizational readiness Governance and security alignment Initial organization alignment Building technical skills Change management guidance
Plan - Cloud Adoption Plan
5R strategy: rehost, refactor, rearchitect, rebuild, replace
Infra migration: VM, server, database focus
Application innovation: APIs, cloud native
Data-driven innovation: Focus on data consolidation and analysis
Ready - Azure readiness guide
Resource management: management groups, subscriptions, resource groups, resource tree hierarchy
Naming Standards
Resource tags
Landing Zone Infrastructure
Network Design
