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 ...