Procurement Foundations Flashcards
Why do you involve stakeholders early?
Many stakeholders can influence a procurement and have roles affected by the cloud
What should security professionals consider when it comes to cloud acquisition?
How they can get the security assurance they need through third-party audits and attestations, along with considering the skills and capabilities
What should HR think about when it comes to cloud acquisition?
How to train or retrain staff to use new systems or develop new skills
What should finance have to think about?
The internal spend controls they want to put in place to manage spending
What should program managers think about?
The shared responsibility model, how they can deploy new programs or projects that exploit the greater visibility and control they have in their new cloud environment
How do you directly buy from the cloud?
By using terms designed for a commercially available service without labor hours
How do you indirectly buy from the cloud?
Purchase from a CSP partner/reseller, negotiating a customized agreement with that organization
What is selling the single model?
When you have to buy services as is and are responsible for either building or tailoring theses services to your needs or getting the AWS Partner Network (APN)
What makes a cloud strategy successful?
By separating cloud technology provided by a CSP from hands-on services and labor, or other managed services needed to use cloud technology
what are the responsibilities of cloud service providers?
Cloud XaaS, professional services, training, support, marketplace
What are the responsibilities of resellers, system integrators, and managed services?
Requirements analysis, strategy and roadmap, solution design and architecture, application development and support, tech review and audit, implementation and migration
What are the responsibilities for public sector customers?
Governance, security, billing and account management, program management, service desk
When you buy cloud technologies, it’s important that you understand what you are buying…
Direct from cloud services or indirect from partners
