Summary of activities
A number of key activities can facilitate, support, and even accelerate the achievement of cloud adoption and delivery of business outcomes. Enterprises almost always have a multitude of competing priorities, even within their cloud strategy. Failure to transform operating models can result in a great stall phenomenon where adoption momentum stops or slows to a crawl. One of the key factors observed in those customers who have avoided this effect has been the successful establishment of a cloud delivery and governance function often referred to as a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) or Cloud Enablement Engine (CEE).
This document includes six steps that companies should follow to build out a successful CEE.
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Work backwards from the customer
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Re-envision the world as products
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Organize teams around products
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Bring the work to the team
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Reduce risk through iteration
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Own your entire lifecycle

Six Transformational Steps for Building a Cloud Operating Model