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When undertaking a cloud migration project, some potential high-level epics (also known as features or user stories) that could be created might include:

1. Assessing current environment: This epic could involve conducting an assessment of the current IT environment to identify any challenges or constraints that need to be addressed during the migration process. This might include identifying dependencies between systems, assessing the complexity of the current environment, and identifying any technical or business risks that need to be mitigated.

2. Migrating applications and data: This epic could involve the actual process of migrating applications and data from the current environment to the cloud. This might include tasks such as re-architecting applications to be cloud-native, migrating data to the cloud, and testing the migrated applications and data to ensure that they are functioning correctly.

3. Establishing a cloud governance model: This epic could involve defining and implementing a cloud governance model that outlines how the cloud environment will be managed and governed. This might include defining roles and responsibilities, establishing policies and procedures, and setting up monitoring and reporting mechanisms to ensure that the cloud environment is being used effectively and efficiently.

4. Implementing security controls: This epic could involve implementing security controls to ensure that the cloud environment is secure and compliant. This might include tasks such as setting up network security controls, implementing identity and access management controls, and establishing incident response procedures.

5. Ensuring business continuity: This epic could involve implementing measures to ensure that the migrated applications and data are available and accessible to users during and after the migration process. This might include tasks such as setting up failover and disaster recovery processes, testing the resiliency of the cloud environment, and establishing a maintenance and support model to ensure ongoing availability.

These are just a few examples of the types of epics that could be created for a cloud migration project. The specific epics and tasks that are included will depend on the specific goals and requirements of the project.

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This Agile Transformation White Paper from Leading Agile starts by arguing that Agile is a simple concept but why it is difficult for so many organizations to get benefits out of it? It emphasizes that there is a need for an ecosystem in organization to systematically overcome the structural, procedural, and cultural barriers. This white paper has 4 sections. WHY Agile Transformation is required considering business case and transformation hypothesis. WHAT section covers thinking tools necessary to build your Transformation Strategy primarily theory & approach and reference architecture. HOW explores how to actually orchestrate change and measure progress. WHO covers the roles necessary to orchestrate the change and skills required.

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4 Quadrant Model where you would like to see your organization is:

Multi-tier governance.

Gone are the days when organizations used to stick to a strategy and wait to see whether it worked or not.

#1: Top two findings of Bain and Company's 2015 Management Trends report were "ability to change is a significant advantage" and "innovation is more important than cost reduction for long term success"

#2: Scenario planning is required to prepare for alternative futures. Examine outcomes of under different operating strategies. Perform what-if scenarios.

#3: Agile mindset in strategic planning help planners think outside boardrooms and visualize changing landscape.

#4: Innovation and experimentation should be based on patterns of data rather than just past data.

#5: Planning should be more inclusive

Ref: The Agile Consultant: Guiding Clients to Enterprise Agility by Rick Freedman published by Apress

Agile appeals to me because it’s rational, and because I evolved to it based on my own experience. But its real attraction is on the human side; it creates a team-based, collaborative, consensus culture, and it promotes the values that I admire. Honesty, openness, intrinsic motivation, robust collaboration, reflection, and improvement; these values seem so obvious from a human perspective, and yet the enterprises we build are often the exact opposite. Siloed, politically charged, hierarchical, and demotivating cultures are still the norm in many enterprises. Agile values of teamwork, incremental refinement, and change readiness are inevitable in our tumultuous business environment. Once executives, their teams, and their customers absorb these ideas, agile will change everything.

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Ref: The Agile Consultant: Guiding Clients to Enterprise Agility by Rick Freedman

This is one of the most frequently asked question. This is what 14th Annual State of Agile Report says. What do you think? Comment!

How Success is measured with Agile Transformations?

58% Customer/user satisfaction

54% Business value

48% On-time delivery

45% Quality

44% Business objectives achieved

40% Productivity

37% Organizational culture / morale

35% Process improvement

33% Predictability

29% Project visibility

15% Product scope

How Success is measured with individual Agile Projects?

BUSINESS VALUE DELIVERED 46%

CUSTOMER/USER SATISFACTION 45%

VELOCITY 37%

BUDGET VS. ACTUAL COST 31%

PLANNED VS. ACTUAL STORIES PER ITERATION 31%

PLANNED VS. ACTUAL RELEASE DATES 28%

DEFECTS INTO PRODUCTION 26%

CYCLE TIME 25%

ITERATION BURNDOWN 24%

BURN-UP CHART 22%

DEFECTS OVER TIME 20%

WORK IN PROGRESS 20%

RELEASE BURNDOWN 18%

DEFECT RESOLUTION 15%

CUSTOMER RETENTION 14%

ESTIMATION ACCURACY 13%

CUMULATIVE FLOW CHART 12%

EARNED VALUE 12%

REVENUE/SALES IMPACT 12%

PRODUCT UTILIZATION 11%

TEST PASS/FAIL OVER TIME 11%

SCOPE CHANGE IN A RELEASE 9%

INDIVIDUAL HOURS PER ITERATION/WEEK 8%

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