Transforming an organization's IT operations to support the cloud can be intimidating for even the most experienced executives. Come and learn a Federal Agency's journey to cloud readiness as we share the playbook that helped them accelerate the deployment and operationalization of their AWS environment. Although each customer has their own unique requirements, AWS Professional Services has identified the most common operational patterns from more than 1,000 engagements over the past 6+ years. Hear how the agency leveraged the AWS repeatable methodology along with agile project delivery tools to increase transparency at the executive level and accelerate velocity within the Shared Services, Compliance, and Application Teams. After achieving operational readiness, the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) is now focused on getting buy-in from their customers to join the cloud transformation to ensure the agency achieves their data center shut-down goals.

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The AWS Playbook for Cloud
Readiness at a U.S. Federal Agency
S e s s i o n I D - 2 9 5 3 4 8
Rodney Grilli
Principal Consultant
AWS
Christine Screnci
Sr. Engagement Manager
AWS

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Agenda
AWS Playbook Overview
AWS Playbook Demo
U.S. Federal Agency Cloud Migration Story
Q & A

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Migration
Challenges
• Large enterprise paralysis
• Gaining momentum early
• Migration planning & strategy
• Service disruption avoidance
• Stakeholder resistance
• Lack of transparency
• Evolving business needs
Server Migration
Database Migration
Data Migration

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Three Phase Journey
Readiness Assessment Readiness & Planning Migration & Operations
1month
4-6months
6+months

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Readiness Assessment
66questions
6perspectives
1month
AWS Cloud Adoption Framework
10
8
14
14
9
11

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Readiness & Planning
8workstreams
16weeks
5apps
migrated
People, Skills &
Organization
Security &
Compliance
Landing Zone
Service
Migration
Process &
Experience
Migration
Business Case
Planning OperationsDiscovery
& Analysis
Wave Plan

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ProServe Customer Engagement Lifecycle
Goals Business
Outcomes
Repeatable Execution Results
Customer Obsession
LRP
Replenish
Plan
Daily
Review
Retro
Long-Range Planning
•Sprint #
•Sprint #
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•Sprint #
•Sprint #
Long
Range
Plannin
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Dive Deeper – Books on Lean Thinking

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Agency Datacenter Migration

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Agency Datacenter Migration
Multi-year IT Modernization Initiative
Virtual
datacenters
in multiple
cloud
offerings
Launched
August 2018
Projected
completion
July 2020
800 virtual
servers
hosting 300
applications

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Factors Driving the Cloud Migration
Need to meet Federal “Cloud First/Cloud
Smart” strategy and Data Center
Consolidation initiative
Resources approaching end-of-life
Datacenter capacity and stability
concerns
Need for high availability/failover
for critical applications
Need to transition from classic
O&M support model into modern
DevOps approach
Quick provisioning approaches needed
to improve customer service and
response time

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AWS Migration Readiness and Planning (MRP)
Objectives of the MRP engagement:
• Assess Agency’s as-is environment to determine readiness to migrate to the cloud.
• Evaluate the application portfolio and server inventory to determine the best
methodology for migration into AWS or Azure (re-host, re-platform or optimize).
• Establish a Cloud Center of Excellence framework within the Office of the CIO.
• Build a Landing Zone architecture to facilitate velocity migration.
• Migrate 5 pilot applications to validate the Landing Zone design and Operational
Model.
Procured AWS consulting services to provide Migration Readiness
Planning engagement in August 2018.

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Challenges Experienced

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Successful Outcomes from MRP
Created an
AWS Landing Zone to
provide a virtual data
center
Landing Zone
Created a code
repository and code-
pipeline to facilitate
DevOps processes that
automate promotion of
applications between the
environments
DevOps
Implementation of Agile
tools and methodologies
for collaboration and
knowledge management
Agile in Action
Migration of 5 Agency
applications using
rehosting, replatforming
and optimization
methodologies
Migration POC

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Keys to Success
Let Cloud be Cloud
Leverage Agile
Methods & Tools
Involve Key
Stakeholders
Empower your
Team
Don’t replicate your on premise environment in the cloud
Use an Agile methods and tools to set the tempo through weekly sprints,
aid in communication, accountability and decision tracking
Involve key stakeholders from outside of IT. Human Resources and Budget
are critical players in cloud operations and need to be informed and
consulted
Appoint a Federal lead who’s empowered to make decisions and resolve
disputes

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Next Steps
Wave 1
Migration
Experience
Security &
Compliance
Landing
Zone
Migration
Plan
Operating
Model
Skills / CoE
Wave 2 Wave 3 Wave n
Training
Train Federal and Contract staff to support cloud
infrastructure and operations.
Communications
Proactive communication with application owners
and key stakeholders.
Agency
Operating
in the
Cloud

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Questions

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