Cloud Native Transformation

Chapter 13. Common Transformation Challenges

Now it is time to look at some typical cloud native transformation challenges and scenarios. These are situations commonly found when a migration initiative has stalled or otherwise gone wrong. In fact we find these same situations so often, and across so many different types and sizes of enterprises, that we developed profiles to speed up analysis and enhance understanding. It is important to note that every organization has its own unique set of needs and circumstances, such that every transformation path differs in the details. Thus, these scenarios represent broader “big-picture” profiles, not analysis on a granular level.

Each scenario contains sample a Cloud Native Maturity Matrix graph representing how results would typically look when that situation is found. Remember Chapter 6, where we introduced the matrix as a tool for assessing organizational state and readiness for migration? If you have been playing along to assess and graph your own status, you can compare your results to the scenarios described in this chapter. Really, though, you would only find a match if you’re reading this book to find out why your cloud migration initiative is not going as planned. If you are at the beginning of the process, let this be a lesson in “what not to do when planning a cloud native transformation.”

After we explore each problem, we name a set of patterns that can be applied as part of a design solution. Bear in mind that these address ...