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It’s the July edition of Cloud Core.
And that means cracking open an ice-cold can of cloud cleverness, with a refreshing summer twist.
How do you ensure your CCoE is riding the waves of success?
Cloud Centers of Excellence (CCoEs) should help to make cloud adoption feel like a warm summer breeze across your business.
But, many are built like sandcastles on traditional governance structures. When the tides change and waves roll in, these structures sometimes crumble, struggling to keep up with an evolving cloud journey.
Sands shift, technologies advance, and the original CCoE design becomes as outdated as last season's swimsuit.
It’s why our CCoE expert, Christian, has taken a deep dive into the evolution of CCoEs and how businesses should ride the waves of change in 2023 - in this blog.
He shares the valuable lessons learned from CCoEs that failed to make a splash, and how these learnings can help you cruise to success.
It's worth a read. Whether you enjoy it from your home office or a sandy shore.
Are the waves of governance issues causing turbulence on your beachfront? Chill. We’ve got a step-by-step guide to reduce the pain and increase the ROI of your CCoE.
CCoEs are great. And crucial in accelerating adoption.
But communities of practice (CoPs) can provide a more personal channel for those doing the actual delivery.
They’re also a valuable feedback channel to keep the CCoE in touch with the reality on the ground – avoiding the risk of becoming an ivory tower.
And, with so much information and so many best practices, it can be hard to see what’s relevant. Actual hands-on experience is an untapped resource - and why CoPs can be invaluable.
Our expert Douglas explains the concept of communities of practice and how you can get one started here.
Based on Allan, B. (2008). Knowledge creation within a community of practice.
“CCoE’s haven’t kept pace with the various stages of enterprise cloud journeys. They lacked engineering execution power and therefore resulted in blueprints, guidelines and restrictions only.”
That’s why things should probably change then.
This month, the UK’s National Health Service celebrated its 75th birthday.
Were they talking about CCoEs in 1948? Probably not.
Are they talking about them now?.
Yes. In fact, it’s a key part of helping drive the modernisation of IT and data services that support clinicians and help patients get the best care.
On the subject of healthcare, we’ve been chosen by Sykehuspartner – one of Norway’s key healthcare and public sector organisations – as their main cloud partner.
Thanks for reading,
I’ll be back with more fresh thoughts next month.
Let’s discuss how we can help with your cloud journey. Our experts are standing by to talk about your migration, modernisation, development and skills challenges.
