Cloud for Business: Developing a Cloud Center of Excellence
48mIntermediate2022-06-03
Authors

Lee Atchison
Cloud Strategist, Thought Leader, Industry Cloud Expert
Course details
If you work in enterprise IT, you may be interested in finding out more about the benefits of having a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) in your organization. A CCoE can be a key component to successful cloud adoption, management, and optimization. The CCoE is an internal, centralized group that provides best practice guidance across IT while incorporating stakeholder input from across the business. In this course, instructor Lee Atchison provides practical guidance for determining if a CCoE can benefit your organization, as well as how to create a CCoE and leverage it for successful outcomes.
Explore typical CCoE organization models and what they can do for enterprise cloud architects. Get recommendations on who should be included within the CCoE to promote inclusion and represent the needs of the entire organization. Along the way, find out how to measure the success of your CCoE as you build it, wielding tools from data analytics to save money, time, and more.
Explore typical CCoE organization models and what they can do for enterprise cloud architects. Get recommendations on who should be included within the CCoE to promote inclusion and represent the needs of the entire organization. Along the way, find out how to measure the success of your CCoE as you build it, wielding tools from data analytics to save money, time, and more.
Skills covered
Cloud AdministrationCloud ComputingOne-Off
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Beginning your cloud center of excellence
- 02 - What is a cloud center of excellence (CCoE)
- 03 - Why do you need a CCoE
- 04 - Creating a cloud center of excellence
1. Organizational Structure of a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE)
- 05 - Structure and service of a CCoE
- 06 - Single team and central management
- 07 - Embedded CCoE ambassadors
2. Components of a CCoE
- 08 - Subject matter experts (SMEs)
- 09 - Management advocate
- 10 - Team education, training, and best practices
- 11 - Cloud partner management and advocacy
- 12 - Creating and managing tools and processes
- 13 - External advocacy
3. Analytics and Measuring Success
- 14 - Power of analytics - Were you successful
- 15 - What should you measure
Conclusion
- 16 - Where to go from here