Evaluating the Cloud Migration
The Cloud Migration assessment questionnaire is addressed to the IT managers and owners of the evaluated applications. It presents a series of questions for each application, the answers to which will enrich the analysis of application migration to the Cloud.
For details of the migration analysis, see Cloud Migration Analysis.Presentation of the Cloud Migration Questionnaire
To launch a Cloud Migration Assessment Questionnaire:
1. In the navigation menu, click Tools > Assessments.
2. In the edit area, click Session Follow Up.
3. Display “All sessions”.
4. Click New.
5. Select the "Cloud Migration Assessment" template.
6. Select the portfolio of applications to be evaluated.
7. Click Next.
A view of the assessment shows the number of objects assessed and the list of respondents. The respondents are the people appointed “IT Manager” or “Local Application Owner” on the applications in the portfolio.
The people involved in a portfolio are visible in the properties of the portfolio. See also Designate People Responsible for Applications.8. Click Next.
9. Indicate when to send the questionnaire to respondents:
• Now
• At a specific date and time.
10. Click OK.
The questionnaire is sent to respondents.
Questionnaire Content
The questions in the questionnaire concern an application and are intended to determine the value of migrating the application to the cloud.
The questions addressed to the application respondents are as follows.
Motivations for moving the application to the Cloud
What are the reasons for moving the application to the cloud? The more options you check, the more interest there is in moving to the cloud.
Business and IT Agility
Check the possible motivations:
• Speed to market (quick availability of required resources)
• Data and software accessibility from (quite) anywhere
• Scalability (adaptation to workload)
• Innovation (use capability existing only in cloud)
• Obsolescence avoidance (to be always aligned with technical “state of the art”)
Cost improvement
Check the possible motivations:
• Cost reduction (infrastructure assets, staff costs, sub-contractor diversity)
• From Capex to Hopex: we go from innovation costs to operating costs
• Cost reduction (infrastructure assets, staff costs, sub-contractor diversity)
Corporate identity
Green orientation.
Technical interest
Auto scale: automatic load distribution on the servers.
COTS Application
In the case of a COTS ("off-the-shelf") application, the level of customization must be determined.
An application that requires a lot of customization is more difficult to migrate.
Saas Version of the COTS application
The existence of a SaaS version facilitates migration to the Cloud.
Data breach
Probability
Determine the risk of a data breach during and/or after Cloud migration.
Impact
What would be the impact of a data breach during and/or after Cloud migration.
Service disruption risk
Probability
Determine the risk of a service disruption during and/or after Cloud migration.
Impact
What would be the impact of such an interruption?
Risk of out-of-control budget
Probability
What is the probability of an out-of-control budget risk during cloud migration?
Impact
What would be the impact?
Technical skills of the migration team
Determine the skill level of the migration team:
• Required skills are mastered
• It won't be a problem with a little training/coaching
• Required skills are totally new for the team
Migration effort
What would be the level of effort to migrate to the cloud?