Chapter 14. Adopting Cloud from a Maturity Perspective

Upon completing this chapter, you will be able to understand the following:

• What a maturity mode is and how it can be used

• How to describe a maturity model for cloud

• How to use the maturity model to evaluate an organization

This chapter provides a detailed overview of how the maturity of an organization to adopt the cloud as an IT strategy can be assessed using a maturity model.

Maturity Models

Understanding whether your organization is ready to be a cloud provider or consumer is a critical part of the process. Cloud is a buzzword, and there are a lot of IT executives, engineers, and people in the business community who are jumping on the cloud hype train without thinking where it will ...

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