Overcoming It Complexity: Simplify Operations, Enable Innovation, and Cultivate Successful Cloud Outcomes

IT complexity threatens the ability of businesses to realize the outcomes they sought by moving to the cloud in the first place. The agility benefits of moving to the cloud are often lost as ad hoc decisions, using traditional approaches, lead to increased complexity and fragility. This reduces the pace of change, drives up the cost of change and degrades security. Success in the cloud doesn't just come from your technology stack or the services you choose. Success needs to be evaluated in terms of the business outcome, providing the business a better competitive position. In an increasingly complex environment, companies must break out of their silos and traditional thinking and reassess how to achieve cloud success across the company. This book introduces the principles you need to follow to manage the problems IT complexity creates. You'll learn: How to assess your current IT environment to identify complexity-centered risks How to structure cross-functional teams to reduce friction points How to create a framework for IT investments aligned to your business goals. How to measure your outcomes for continued success.