This engagement helps establish a vision for business platforms including use case elaboration, domain driven design, and platform strategy aligned to business strategy. It follows a methodical approach that uses LVT (Lean value tree) to co-create the vision, alignment of top business goals to the existing data landscape, and design of API first applications and platform strategy to drive the implementation of the required components. All this while keeping an eye on measures of success (MoS) and building a repeatable process for value driven application modernization evolution.

Activities

• Establish clear measures of success for application modernization;
• Understand the business objectives and success criteria for the initial deployment;
• Review the existing application landscape and domains;
• Review current business and technology strategies;
• Review Platform Engineering capabilities and evaluate solutions
• Use case elaboration and prioritization;
• Develop an initial domain representation and design the first release of a thin slice of products;
• Determine the Initial capabilities and operating requirements for a self-service delivery infrastructure platform;
• Identify team structures and define roles and responsibilities for building the identified business products;
• Update the portfolio of business product initiatives and integrate with overall transformation governance

Deliverables

• Scope and goals for the appmod implementation
• Platform Engineering Strategy to help develop and deliver the products faster and with higher quality
• Personas and interaction model with the delivery platforms
• Success criteria and measures of success for execution
• Team structure and staffing model for the MVP delivery
• Product roadmap canvas for identified use cases
• Product producer/consumer interaction models
• Recommendations for AppMod Framework
• Platform strategy for show, shift, & scale phases

We'll help you explore how AWS products and services such as Amazon Cognito, API Gateway, Lambda, AWS Identity and Access Management, CloudWatch, DynamoDB can play a role in your organization’s cloud modernization journey.