Redefining Operational Excellence in the Digital Age is changing the business world as we know it. Recent statistics show that the top use of cloud remains driving cost efficiencies (49%), but many organizations are now looking holistically at the big picture. Leading organizations are now using cloud technology to elevate their businesses to achieve large-scale change and operational excellence.
Cloud and digital business are key to success and a company’s ability to deploy on the cloud will greatly affect its success with digital business initiatives.
This paper describes how IT planning and portfolio management supports the transformation to the cloud for digital business, focusing on common issues when considering cloud. It needs to be business-outcome-driven to keep pace with and stay relevant for the business.
Key topics covered in this white paper, include:
- Implementing cloud strategies independent of the digital business strategy
- Strategic formulas to deal with real planning and implementation issues
- Attaining a reliable inventory of applications
- Successful documentation
- Step-wise approach to assessing cloud potential of applications
- Accessibility of business capabilities
- Reigning in existing cloud initiatives into the "big picture"