Understanding your organization’s cloud operating model
Every organization is structured differently. Typically, there are three working models commonly seen across IT organizations with different levels of cloud and DevOps maturity. Some key behaviors that define which model is in use are as follows:
- Who develops the software?
- Who operates the software?
- Who builds the cloud platform?
- Who operates the cloud platform?
Focusing on sustaining workloads with the traditional approach
Traditionally, there are dedicated teams that own each of the areas described previously. The software developers build an application and then pass it over to another team for maintenance and operations. Cloud infrastructure also follows a similar pattern where certain teams build, and others run the platform. This setup is indicative of a lack of DevOps maturity and hinders growth and ownership. Software teams that function with such siloed approaches don’t have...