Assess your cloud adoption strategy
This article outlines a process that you can use to assess your existing cloud adoption strategy. Use the feedback from your assessment to inform your organization of your current cloud maturity, identify gaps in your strategy, and take action to improve.
Every cloud journey is unique, and you should align your strategy with your business goals. You must optimize your cloud adoption strategy and your plan to implement your strategy when you migrate or innovate in the cloud. You can choose between several cloud services and pathways for cloud adoption. Understand your options so that you can choose the right solution for your organization.
Assessment review tool
To assess your current cloud strategy posture, use the Cloud Adoption Strategy Evaluator assessment tool.
Follow these steps to assess and document your cloud adoption maturity:
Assess maturity: Use the Cloud Adoption Strategy Evaluator assessment.
Identify gaps: Discover gaps that you might have in your current cloud adoption strategy and document them.
Get guidance: Define action points based on the gaps that you identify. Educate your business about potential action points and information that you must implement in your new or updated cloud strategy. Use guidance from the assessment to discover how to address gaps.
Iterate plans: Do this assessment iteratively as your cloud adoption strategy matures. Iterate and refine as necessary across the lifecycle of your cloud footprint.