This is a comprehensive AWS-focused cloud consulting workshop that covers a client's journey in their enterprise architecture, operations and governance holistically and is the next logical step after a Well-Architected Review in determining the strategic adoption of cloud services. Additionally, a level of client maturity in their current adoption of a portfolio of cloud-native services is addressed.

Business Outcome Analysis for IT Business, Operations and Engineering enablement is included in the following areas:

• Strategy and Roadmap
• Development of Architecture Patterns, Reference Models and Quick Starts
• Governance and Center of Excellence
• Operating Model for Staff
• DevOps Engineering for Portfolio of Services
• Security Control Framework and Compliance selection and service mapping

The main considerations for this service are client-focused:

• Establishing a secure VPC design and network communication early in the process - using least privileged access security patterns
• Understand application, data and platform dependencies during a cloud data migration
• Automate all deployments to the AWS cloud to eliminate or minimize any manual intervention
• Treat AWS deployments as infrastructure-as-code and integrate updates into Agile DevOps release cycles

Transformation Workshop Deliverables

At the end of the workshop, you will have actionable recommendations and a cloud services roadmap with clear definitions of the appropriate transformative approaches that are relevant for you, from product to operations to ensure a successful cloud journey. This conclusive high-level strategy and design for your IaaS, PaaS or SaaS solution, with SoW and cost estimations, may include several or all of the following:

• Cloud Strategy and Roadmap
• Cloud Adoption Governance and Operating Model
• Application Rationalization and Migration Approach
• Architectural Patterns and Decisions
• Security Control Framework and Compliance Mapping
• DevSecOps Engineering, Integration and Infrastructure Automation Plan
• Adoption and Implementation of CI/CD and Automation Deployment
• Cloud resource initial and ongoing cost estimations
• Initial Gap Analysis and modernization guidelines
• SOW and cost estimation for IaaS or PaaS Design, Configuration and Build
• Guidelines for Service Production Readiness