The problem
The client was struggling to deliver cloud capabilities across its 60 distinct brands. At least three different offerings existed, built by separate infrastructure teams — each at a different level of maturity, each with its own support model. The result was constant confusion over which cloud to use and what it actually got you.
What we did
To build a coherent enterprise cloud strategy, we organized a working group of 85 participants representing every brand, split across 14 workstreams covering goals, network architecture, financial management, legal considerations, and more. Each workstream ran as a series of workshops that opened with industry best practices before converging on requirements and design. The whole initiative was time-boxed to 12 weeks.
By the end, all 85 participants agreed on a single enterprise cloud strategy: 11 goals, more than 200 requirements, and 80 requirements prioritized into a minimum viable product that informed the enterprise investment plan. Consolidating onto that strategy — and the multi-cloud approach it defined — went on to cut operating costs by 34%. The work earned recognition from the American Business Association for Cloud Innovation.