1) Create a clear vision for the cloud usage for your organization
2) Define clear business goals (growth, revenue, improvement, and/or differentiation)
3) Get agreement from the Leadership
4) Define a clear business case and link it to opportunities in areas like business-process improvement, business intelligence, and innovation
5) Define cloud deployment road-map
6) Define ROI in terms of revenue, expenses, growth potential and market share
7) Get detail cost analysis for the potential cloud solution for your organization’s environment
8) Communicate the road-map to internal groups involved in cloud deployment
9) Do pilot programs for cloud deployments
10) Create quantifiable metrics for cloud usages
11) Do an agile approach and improve release cycles
12) Adapt policies to ensure consistency in procurement, data usage, and integration.
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