Why Cloud Migration Project Fails

G artner forecasts Worldwide Public Cloud spending to grow 18% in 2021 to a total of 304.9 billion, up from $257.5 billion in 2020. It shows a trend of hyper-scale cloud adoption (thanks to Covid-19?). However, according to research conducted by many companies like Unisys, Velostrata & Dimensional Research, the cloud migration failure rate is increasing too. Some believe it's between 40% to 55%, so let's safely say that the One in Three cloud migration project fails. Research further shows that over 70% of cloud migration projects take a year or more. What can we do differently to be more successful? So let's break it down and try to understand where it goes wrong. A typical cloud transformation project has four phases. Strategy and Portfolio Assessment (Or typically a Business Case Phase) Design and Planning Migration and Transformation Management and Optimisation We will only ...