cloudTP provides two cloud computing implementation services:
- Vendor Evaluation and Selection Services
- Planning and Implementation Services
for all cloud transition, development, and infrastructure implementation projects.
Vendor evaluation & selection services process and deliverables
- facilitate workshops to identify detailed business, applications, platform and infrastructure requirements
- identify potential solutions: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and other managed services vendors
- develop RFP evaluation criteria, scoring and vetting process
- develop the RFP and manage the RFP vetting process and scheduling logistics
- develop vendor integration scenarios to focus demonstrations
- assess suitability of vendor solutions vis-à-vis business need, technical interoperability and
complexity, migration risks, cost implications, etc. - facilitate vendor negotiation and selection process
Planning & implementation services process and deliverables
cloudTP usually employs the agile approach for all cloud transition, development, and infrastructure implementation services, although other approaches can be taken if needed.
Cloud computing transition services
- transition business processes to SaaS
- transition existing applications to cloud providers or PaaS while improving business processes where possible.
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Cloud computing development services
- develop custom applications
- re-factor/re-platform current applications to cloud
- plan and implement PaaS for applications development
- create development, test, and production environment(s) / sandboxes for permanent and/or temporary use
- leverage existing development frameworks and reuse libraries
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Cloud computing infrastructure services
We plan and implement cloud infrastructure including:
- collaboration, workflow
- BPM
- dashboards
- portals
- content management
- PMO
- governance
- DR/BC
- archiving
- cloudbursting for capacity boost
- server/storage virtualization
- trouble ticketing / help desk
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Each agile planning and implementation service uses a five-phased initiative process.
Scope phase includes:
- conduct facilitation workshops and interviews to crystallize business and IT requirements, scope the effort and build consensus with key stakeholders and constituencies
- baseline current state and associated use case scenarios
- define desired future state and associated use case scenarios
- apply industry best practices where appropriate
- identify gaps, overlaps and areas for optimization
- explore potential solutions and approaches, including: port as-is, refactor, replatform, decommission, rationalize, consolidate, migrate, leverage existing / hybrid, custom develop, process / organizational changes required, training needs, SLAs and metrics, etc.
- use low-fidelity / proof-of-concept prototypes to vet concepts, test approach feasibility and facilitate solution
- visualization where appropriate
- identify SLA, monitoring and reporting requirements
- identify target environment and architecture
- identify system integration requirements
- identify user population and data sources
- identify technical requirements, interoperability and other environmental factors
- identify blackout dates and critical business cycles to avoid during implementation
- identify detailed solution components and prioritize based on business impact, complexity to implement, etc.
- finalize solution and approach and develop detailed design / configure work plan for phase I and high-level plan for phases 2-n with key activities, resources, interdependencies, critical path and key milestones and risk areas
- include vendor evaluation and selection plan as needed
- determine budget for design / configure phase and preliminary order of magnitude estimate for develop /configure, test and rollout phases
- Integrate work stream into PMO and governance structure
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Design/configure phase includes:
- user experience/web interface
- functional modules
- data architecture
- development environment
- system / admin interfaces
- technical architecture
- security architecture
- systems management integration
- SLA calibration
- create test plan
- detailed develop/configure plan for phase
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Develop/configure phase includes:
- user experience/web interface
initial data load process - system / admin interfaces
- technical architecture
- security architecture
- systems management integration
- SLA calibration
- refine test plan
- detailed plan for test and QA phase
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Test phase includes:
- finalize and execute test plan
- user experience/web interface
- functional modules
- data architecture
- system / admin interfaces
- technical architecture
- security architecture
- unit, integration, stress
- regression, performance
- capacity test/QA
- systems management integration
- SLA calibration
- bug tracking/fixing
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Rollout phase includes:
- user training
- systems management integration
- IT and helpdesk training
- pilot migration trial users
- run parallel
- contingency planning
- launch to all users
- bug fix deployment process
- celebration