business case

Your  organization needs to replace 22 physical servers and your CIO would  like to implement a cloud strategy.  You have been assigned the  project.  To initiate the project, you will have to create a business  case for the cloud strategy.  The business case will be presented to the  CEO of the organization.

Please  note, this is a portion of the Business Case assignment that is due  week 4.  For this assignment, please complete sections G.1  and G.2.  

G.1. BUSINESS CASE IDENTIFICATION

This section provides information that specifies the details of the business case, such as the following:

• Business Case Name

• Description – A brief summary of the business case’s purpose and goals.

• Sponsor – Identification of business case stakeholders.

• List of Revisions (optional) – Revisions by date, author, and approval if control or historical logging is required.

G.2. BUSINESS NEEDS

The expected benefits and requirements that are to be addressed and fulfilled by cloud adoption are detailed in this part of the template:

• Background – A description of relevant historical information that spurred on the motivation for the business case.

• Business Goals – A list of the tactical and strategic business objectives that are associated with the business case.

• Business Requirements – A list of the business requirements that are expected to be fulfilled by the achievement of the business goals.

• Performance Objectives – A list of any relevant performance objectives related to the business goals and business requirements.

• Priorities – Business goals, business requirements, and performance objectives listed in order of priority.

• Affected On-Premise Solutions (optional) – A detailed description of current and planned on-premise solutions that are to be migrated, or that will otherwise be affected by the adoption effort.

• Target Environment – A description of the anticipated outcome of the adoption of the project, including a high-level overview of cloud-based solutions that are to be built in support of the business case.