Migration & Innovation Flashcards
(35 cards)
What is the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)?
Leverages AWS experience & best practices to help you digitally transform & speed up business outcomes through AWS.
What are 6 Core Perspectives in AWS CAF?
- Business (B)
- People (B)
- Governance (B)
- Platform (IT)
- Security (IT)
- Operations (IT)
What is the CAF Business Perspective?
Makes sure IT align w/ business needs & IT investments link to key business results.
Use to make strong business case for cloud adoption.
What are common roles in CAF Business Perspective?
- Business Managers
- Finance Managers
- Budget Owners
- Strategy Stakeholders.
What is the CAF People Perspective?
Development of organization-wide change management strategy for good cloud adoption Use to evaluate organizational structures & roles, new skill & process requirements, & identify gaps.
What are common roles in CAF People Perspective?
- Human resources
- Staffing
- People managers
What is the CAF Governance Perspective?
Skills & processes to align IT strategy w/ business strategy so you maximize business value & minimize risks.
Use to understand how to update staff skills & process to ensure governance in cloud, manage & measure cloud investments, & evaluate business outcomes.
What are common roles in CAF Governance Perspective?
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Program managers
- Enterprise architects
- Business analysts
- Portfolio managers
What is the CAF Platform Perspective?
Includes principles & patterns for implementing new solutions on cloud & migrating on-premises workloads to cloud.
Use architectural models to understand & communicate structure of IT systems & their relationships.
What are common roles in CAF Platform Perspective?
- Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
- IT Managers
- Solutions Architects
What is the CAF Security Perspective?
Makes sure organization meets security objectives for visibility, auditability, control, & agility.
Use to structure selection & implementation of security controls that meet organization’s needs.
What are common roles in CAF Security Perspective?
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)
- IT Security Managers
- IT Security Analysts
What is the CAF Operations Perspective?
Enables you to run, use, operate, & recover IT workloads to level agreed upon w/ business stakeholders.
Use to define how business is conducted, helps stakeholders define current operating procedures & see where training is needed.
Common roles in the Operations Perspective include:
IT operations managers
IT support managers
What are common roles in CAF Operations Perspective?
- IT Operations Managers
- IT Support Managers
What are 6 Migration Strategies (R’s)?
- Rehosting
- Replatforming
- Refactoring/Re-Architecting
- Repurchasing
- Retaining
- Retiring
What is Rehosting Migration Strategy?
Moving applications w/out changes.
What is Replatforming Migration Strategy?
Making few optimizations to get real benefits.
What is Refactoring/Re-Architecting Migration Strategy?
Changing how an application is architected & developed, typically by using cloud-native features.
What is Repurchasing Migration Strategy?
Moving from traditional license to SaaS model.
What is Retaining Migration Strategy?
Keeping critical business applications in source environment such as application that need refactoring before they can be migrated or postponed for later.
What is Retiring Strategy?
Removing applications that are not needed.
What is the AWS Snow Family?
Collection of physical devices that help to physically transport up to exabytes of data in & out of AWS.
What are AWS Snow Family members?
- AWS Snowcone
- AWS Snowball
- AWS Snowmobile
What is AWS Snowcone?
Small data transfer device that features 2 CPUS, 4 GB of memory, & up to 14 TB of storage.
