Chapter 3: xploring Best Practices for the Cloud Journey

This chapter is focused on the practices and initial assessment for the cloud journey. Cloud modernization needs time. Over time, multiple parameters for cloud modernization can change. It is a continuous process that is changing all the time. Therefore, cloud modernization and application migration can be portrayed as a journey with a defined destination. Some motivation is required to begin the journey. The journey’s motivation is often different business cases, such as reducing the operation cost, time-to-market, and release frequency, among others. On the other hand, the destination of this journey is to achieve specific business value. Therefore, the end-to-end journey for cloud modernization can differ for different organizations.

A combination of standard practices, processes, policies, and procedures based on the functional and non-functional requirements can ensure the success of the cloud journey for organizations...