AWS Migration & Innovation

https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-adoption-framework/

The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) leverages AWS experience and best practices to help you digitally transform and accelerate your business outcomes through innovative use of AWS. AWS CAF identifies specific organizational capabilities that underpin successful cloud transformations. These capabilities provide best practice guidance that helps you improve your cloud readiness. AWS CAF groups its capabilities in six perspectives: Business, People, Governance, Platform, Security, and Operations. Each perspective comprises a set of capabilities that functionally related stakeholders own or manage in the cloud transformation journey. Use the AWS CAF to identify and prioritize transformation opportunities, evaluate and improve your cloud readiness, and iteratively evolve your transformation roadmap.

Capabilities and perspectives

Business Perspective

• Focus: Aligning IT with business goals and delivering value.

• Capabilities:

  • Business Case Development: Building justification for cloud adoption, including ROI and cost optimization.

  • Cloud Financial Management: Managing cloud-related finances effectively, including budgeting, forecasting, and cost tracking.

  • Value Realization: Ensuring the cloud delivers the expected business benefits, such as agility and innovation.

• Key Stakeholders: C-Suite (CEO, CFO), business unit leaders

People Perspective

• Focus: Preparing and managing the workforce for cloud adoption.

• Capabilities:

  • Talent Management: Recruiting, training, and retaining the right skills for cloud operations.

  • Change Management: Ensuring smooth transitions for teams and individuals as they adopt cloud technologies.

  • Organizational Culture: Promoting a culture of collaboration, learning, and innovation around cloud adoption.

• Key Stakeholders: HR, training teams, organizational leaders.

Governance Perspective

• Focus: Aligning cloud usage with organizational policies and risk management.

• Capabilities:

  • Policy Enforcement: Establishing guidelines for cloud usage, including access control and data residency.

  • Risk Management: Identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with cloud operations.

  • Compliance: Ensuring adherence to regulatory and organizational compliance standards in the cloud.

• Key Stakeholders: Legal, compliance officers, audit teams.

Platform Perspective

• Focus: Building, deploying, and managing the technology infrastructure in the cloud.

• Capabilities:

  • Cloud Architecture: Designing scalable and resilient architectures.

  • Infrastructure Management: Operating and optimizing cloud infrastructure.

  • Technology Integration: Ensuring seamless integration between cloud and on-premises systems.

• Key Stakeholders: IT infrastructure teams, architects, developers

Security Perspective

• Focus: Protecting data, workloads, and systems in the cloud.

• Capabilities:

  • Identity and Access Management (IAM): Ensuring appropriate access controls.

  • Data Protection: Encrypting, monitoring, and managing sensitive data.

  • Threat Detection and Response: Identifying and mitigating potential security threats.

• Key Stakeholders: Security teams, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO

Operations Perspective

• Focus: Ensuring efficient and reliable cloud operations.

• Capabilities:

  • Service Monitoring: Tracking the health and performance of cloud services.

  • Incident Management: Detecting, responding to, and resolving cloud service issues.

  • Operational Excellence: Continuously improving operational processes and practices.

• Key Stakeholders: IT operations teams, DevOps engineers

Each perspective provides specific guidance to relevant stakeholders, ensuring a holistic approach to cloud adoption. Together, they help organizations align their business, technology, and operational strategies to succeed in the cloud.