Business Context
Large scale Telecom Service Providers now embarking a journey onto cloud. The series of blogs would try to cover fundamentals of any BSS/OSS application migration.
This blog would discuss high level scope items (Org scope, IT strategy, stakeholders) and hints about what to look for in those items.
Org Scope Items | Findings |
Is Cloud focused on the needs of a particular agency, division, operating unit, or is it an Enterprise Cloud Computing Strategy? | <<Hint>> Analyze high level cloud strategy scope. |
Is this aligned towards a green field project or a migration project or both. | Cover or analyze application portfolio both for greenfield or brownfield applications. (Based on high level scope) for example
a. BSS application to be on cloud. b. Integration from cloud to On-premise for OSS apps (Fulfillment). c. SaaS applications. d. Other IT apps in future. |
Stakeholder
Scope Items | Findings |
Who are stakeholders for the cloud strategy | <<Identifying stakeholders early in cloud adoption later pays off during strategic decision buy-in, who is paying >> If possible build a RACI. |
Business Requirement
Scope Items | Findings |
high level business context | Find the business context and major motivations to move to cloud. This may be cost saving, operational efficiency, global reach. |
Business Strategy (External Factors) | Understand external factors like new business opportunity. For example
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Business Strategy (Internal Factors) | Understand internal factors like reducing operational cost, bring agility etc. For example
1. Reduce capex / opex for supporting internal IT 2. Agility & time to market 3. Reduce on-premise datacenter footprint. 4. Cloud First Strategy |
IT Strategy
Scope Items | Findings |
Current IT Landscape | Understanding As-Is IT landscape goes a long way. For example
1. <<XXX>> is currently having 2 DCs 2. Most infrastructure services are fulfilled from On-Premise DCs ( Due to services that are heavily dependent on N/W components) for their business partners . |
Current Application Landscape | Understanding application scope gives you a solid start. For example
1. The applications in scope for cloud migration are all greenfield. 2. Hence ‘Not Necessary’ to understand current application landscape |
IT Strategic Roadmap | Understanding current strategic initiatives would help finding the synergies and saving cost. For example
Currently there are multiple strategies running as part of IT roadmap that may impact cloud strategy 1. On-Premise SDDC (Software Defined Data Centre) 2. Private Cloud Implementation 3. B2B API Gateway for Partner Integration 4. OSS Apps ( Re- architecture) 5. BSS Apps on public cloud |
Risk & Compliance
Scope Items | Findings |
Risk Management | Understanding Risk and managing Risk using software or just by maintaining a Risk Log. For example
1. There is a new initiative running in parallel for managing risks at Dawiyat. 2. For public cloud <<XXX>>> would consider any risk management tool or framework. |
Compliance | Identifying regional compliance early in the game, help you overcome any surprises later. For example
1. <<XXX>>> is subject to <<<YYY>> regional compliance regulation. 2. Following areas are covered under regulation Information security Data protection Customer protection |
Risk & Compliance Strategic road map | Roadmap is where one needs to add cloud related risk and compliance requirements. For example
1. <<XXX>> is currently setting up SOC (Security Operation Centre) 2. Cloud strategy should consider integration with SOC for Security Related events and information on cloud. 3. Cloud strategy should consider any implications for SaaS providers as well. |