Common pitfalls while moving to the cloud

Migrating applications and services to Google Cloud is not an easy process. There will be different stages, and pitfalls and challenges may appear in any of them. We should keep these situations in mind even before they happen, so we can quickly mitigate any negative effects they could have on our plans, particularly those that may put our migration schedule at risk.

Let’s go through the most common pitfalls of migrating to Google Cloud.

Management not on board

Moving to the cloud will be challenging and working with multiple stakeholders will bring a lot of scrutiny to the table. For this reason, it’s imperative that upper management is fully convinced and defends and supports the need for migration.

Tip

Building a solid business case that clearly details all the benefits and provides KPIs to measure the added value of migration to Google Cloud will help you obtain the buy-in from management and will also make...