Cloud First does not mean you should jump into cloud without a well-constructed plan. The most successful organizations build the foundational capabilities first and create a roadmap that aligns people, technology, platforms, security, governance and culture. Many CIO’s want the benefits associated with cloud technologies but don’t necessarily know where to start and what questions to ask. This session will provide real world examples of the transformation process, challenges and successes that organizations have experienced in their cloud journey. We will define a low risk strategy and approach to achieve success in the cloud quickly. We will describe the sequencing requirements, milestones, and foundational services that need to be in place on Day 1. And finally, we will reveal the most critical and often overlooked component of your transformation strategy. Sponsored by Smartronix.

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3. Cloud Strategy First
Robert Groat - EVP Strategy and Technology
Smartronix
Mark La Croix – VP Customer Service and Solution Delivery -
AARP

4. • Had a failed or stalled cloud migration
• Not established a proper cloud
operations model
• Underestimated your budget or timeline
• Inadequately ensured proper security
was in place
• Felt challenged to build the proper
business case and ROI
• Been stuck in the ‘Frozen Middle’
• Been confused as to where to start?
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Have you. . . ?

5. The pivot to Outcome
Realization is driving
technology transformation
across government
• Failing to modernize or modernizing without a
comprehensive strategy that includes security, and
workforce considerations can lead to failure
• To maximize return on investment, agencies
should be able to compare potential service
offerings and use best-in-class contracts to
acquire them
• A one-size fits all approach to security is no longer
feasible
“Organizations
that lack a high-level
cloud strategy risk
wasted investment
and failure.”
Rob van der Meulun

6. The complexity of business and technology transformation
makes strategy and process essential
• Transformation impacts the entire organization
• It often begins as small pilot programs that tend to sprawl over time and lead to
competing priorities
• In 2019, most IT leadership understands the why associated with the cloud first
strategy. The challenge is in understanding how to execute against the goals
while supporting the core elements of operations, governance, and security
An organization-wide, well-thought out strategy is a key to
success

7. Look at IT through a different lens
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Focus on 3 primary technological advances to
deliver agility, innovation, and cost optimization
Infrastructure
automation
Application
modernization
Operations
optimization

8. • Define how to modernize and consolidate
effectively
• Connect the proper cloud architecture to
your strategy
• Develop a prioritized migration roadmap to
the desired outcomes
• Measure progress throughout the migration
to ensure success
• Identify areas of friction in the process
• Ensure your desired business outcomes
are well defined
• Look at success through a cloud native lens
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A cloud strategy
helps you:

9. Do the necessary groundwork
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Ensure the right business
objectives and operational
requirements are addressed
Develop/modify and validate
your strategy with a vision and
set of core guiding principles
Clarify your business problems
and strategic objectives
Educate and engage
with stakeholders
Blueprint Foundation
Groundwork
Smartronix Strategic
Cloud Methodology

10. Build a solid foundation
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Build a CoE responsible for establishing
and executing the cloud strategy,
governance, and best practices
Review organizational challenges
to develop change-management
strategy and roadmap
Perform enterprise-level gap analysis re:
foundational components that need
change and components that need to be
added
Blueprint Foundation
Groundwork
Smartronix Strategic
Cloud Methodology

11. Create an effective blueprint
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Create a prioritized sequence of
initiatives based on benefits,
costs, dependencies, complexity,
and the implementation timeline
Create a transformation roadmap,
foundational architecture, and
operations framework
Blueprint Foundation
Groundwork
Smartronix Strategic
Cloud Methodology

12. A Cloud First Approach
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Ensure the right business
objectives and operational
requirements are addressed
Develop/modify and validate
your strategy with a vision and
set of core guiding principles
Clarify your business problems
and strategic objectives
Educate and engage
with stakeholders
Create a prioritized sequence of
initiatives based on benefits,
costs, dependencies, complexity,
and the implementation timeline
Create a transformation roadmap,
foundational architecture, and
operations framework
Build a CoE responsible for establishing
and executing the cloud strategy,
governance, and best practices
Review organizational challenges
to develop change-management
strategy and roadmap
Perform enterprise-level gap analysis re:
foundational components that need
change and components that need to be
added
Blueprint Foundation
Groundwork

13. Parallel workstreams
create the
groundwork,
foundation,
and blueprint
Cloud strategy and roadmap
Program and project
management
Operations
Platform and tools Security and compliance
Governance
People
Workstreams
Smartronix FAST
Methodology

14. Cloud strategy and roadmap
Objective
Provide analysis and planning to identify,
measure, and create business value using
technology services
Deliverables
• Cloud readiness assessment
• Cloud strategy roadmap
• Business case
Smartronix FAST
Methodology

15. People
Objective
Provide analysis of organizational capacity,
capability, and change management
functions required to implement change
throughout the organization
Deliverables
• Organizational impact analysis
• Communications plan
• Skills assessment/gap analysis/training
path
Smartronix FAST
Methodology

16. Governance
Objective
Manage portfolios, programs, and projects
to deliver expected outcomes on time and
within budget, while keeping risks at
acceptable levels
Deliverables
• Cloud governance framework
• Cloud governance workbook
• Cost transparency plan
• Cloud asset tagging strategy
Smartronix FAST
Methodology

17. Security and compliance
Objective
Achieve risk management and compliance
goals, using rigorous methods to describe
security and compliance processes,
systems, and personnel
Deliverables
• Security and compliance requirements
and gap analysis document
• Security and compliance strategy
Smartronix FAST
Methodology

18. Platform and tools
Objective
Define the structure and relationship of
technology elements and services in target
IT environments
Deliverables
• Foundational architecture blueprint
• Baseline foundational infrastructure
deployment plan
• Baseline foundational infrastructure
• Validation and verification plan
• Baseline foundational infrastructure
validation results
Smartronix
FAST
Workstreams
Smartronix FAST
Methodology

19. Operations
Objective
Enable ongoing operation of IT
environments
Deliverables
• Cloud operations and support framework
Smartronix FAST
Methodology

20. Program and project management
Objective
Provide planning, organization, monitoring,
and control across the lifecycle of the
engagement
Deliverables
• Project plan
• Project set-up and kick-off
• Reporting process
• Sprint management planning
• Ongoing project management
• Project closure
Smartronix FAST
Methodology

21. Building foundational
services can help
drive your
transformation
strategy
Build an effective business
and technology transformation
strategy
• High-level introspection, assessment, analysis, and
blueprinting to create a detailed roadmap
• Uncovers and addresses gaps in strategy, operations,
governance, and security
• Uses Agile best practices and sprints to inform and
complete the engagement
• Offers a comprehensive choice of activities and
deliverables
• IDs and addresses technical and organizational
challenges
• Creates a plan to eliminate silos, gaps, and pain points
• Provides a prioritized and cohesive set of initiatives

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The most critical and
often overlooked
component of a
transformation
strategy
People

23. Objectives
• Deliver services to AARP members at a faster pace
• Support broader digital transformation initiative
• Modernize legacy IT applications
• Exit legacy datacenter
• Coordinate and centralize strategy and approach to
reduce redundancy and create an enterprise view
• Close talent gap between current capabilities and future
needs
Approach
• Start at the top: engage and educate execs
• Bring HR early into the process to develop a holistic
people approach (plus org structure, curricula)
• Charter Cloud Center of Excellence to promote best
practices and establish governance
• Evangelize and market to motivate staff to learn and
participate
• Identify business-impacting proofs of concept
Results
• Leadership and application stakeholders have a better
understanding of cloud agility and methodologies
• Created an actionable roadmap for cloud migration and
datacenter exit

24. A multi-phased approach :
• Creates a high-confidence, low-risk strategy for
evolving or migrating your tech stack to cloud-
enabled services
• Leverages the 3 primary technology advances
to help accelerate agility, innovation and cost
optimization
• Combines education, assessment, envisioning,
prioritization, and engineering efforts
Migrate to the
cloud with
confidence

25. Look at IT through a different lens
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Focus on 3 primary technological advances to
deliver agility, innovation, and cost optimization
Infrastructure
automation
Application
modernization
Operations
optimization

26. Thank You
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