Cloud-Native Software and Transformation

We assess the current state of software, architecture, and operating environments in your organisation. We share our best practices and provide insights into the latest technology, cloud, and data centre trends. We reflect on workloads in the context of business processes, data and analytics, and artificial intelligence. By doing so, we help you identify gaps and opportunities for your organisation to embrace cloud-native software and cloud transformation.

Together, we brainstorm and develop a realistic qualitative assessment of our ideas, ranking them based on feasibility, workload, and importance criteria.

We distil the essential findings and innovative ideas generated during the workshop and ideation sessions. The outcome: you receive a personalised blueprint outlining potential software and cloud transformation steps tailored to your business and market dynamics.

We’ll collaborate closely in workshops and interviews to understand your current situation and opportunities in cloud-ready and cloud-native software. We’ll evaluate your legacy software and its role in your future stack, assessing whether refactoring, rebuilding, or iterative steps are necessary to achieve cloud readiness. We’ll also review your current operations, costs, legal and compliance aspects, go-to-market and scaling requirements and compare them to potential scenarios.

We brainstorm and develop a realistic, qualitative assessment of your cloud transformation ideas and scenarios. We rank these ideas and scenarios based on feasibility, workload, costs, and importance. We compare and combine hyper-scaler, private cloud, data centre, and edge scenarios to determine the most suitable setup for your specific needs.

We offer a comprehensive strategy paper that guides your organisation in making informed decisions about the future of your software and cloud transformation journey. The proposal includes actionable strategy suggestions and a thorough review of investment requirements, risks, opportunities, the business case, and potential cost savings and is ready for immediate decision-making.

We organise workshop sessions and interviews to delve into the details. We’ll discuss the current state of your desired software solution, objectives, strategy, constraints, and requirements. We will comprehensively understand your domain and how the software will support your business. We will collaborate to model processes, workflows, data flows, analytics and AI, and the underlying IT infrastructure. We will assess the systems and data we need to integrate and define the required organisational skills and capabilities. The outcome will be a comprehensive list of requirements and constraints for developing the software solution.

We will craft a solution design as a comprehensive approach to defining, evaluating, and planning the tailored software solution. We model the technical architecture, define organisational roles and skills, assess solution proposals, and identify risks and dependencies. Additionally, we describe a holistic implementation methodology, ensuring alignment across people, technology, data, and delivery. The result is a clear framework that provides transparency into gaps, risks, and dependencies alongside actionable insights for implementation. This 360-degree view equips you to proceed with your initiative confidently, ensuring a solid foundation for successful execution.

We suggest developing a prototype to bring your vision to life if applicable. This involves creating a tangible, easy-to-understand solution, visualising results for clear communication, and assessing and interpreting findings. We showcase the prototype in a live demo whenever possible, providing a dynamic, hands-on experience. The benefits? A compelling ‘wow factor’ to strengthen your case for internal buy-in and budget approval, alongside a deeper understanding of the solution’s possibilities, challenges, and limitations. This prototype bridges the gap between concept and execution, empowering stakeholders with the clarity and confidence needed to move forward.

We deliver a solution paper that consolidates and structures the outcomes of the previous phases into a clear, management-ready document. This comprehensive paper outlines the proposed technical and organisational solutions at an architectural level, incorporating insights from prototyping when applicable. It also provides high-level information on rough effort estimates, required IT environments, and essential roles and skills. The solution paper, designed to support decision-making, is presented to the Executive Sponsor and Project Owner, ensuring alignment and readiness to proceed confidently towards implementation.

With a solid strategy in place, we must prepare for execution. We adhere to agile principles because they are the most reliable way to deliver on time and within budget. We prepare a detailed backlog to support implementation. We define features, estimate efforts, and organise them in packages supported by a collaborative Miro board and a concise slide deck. The result? A comprehensive backlog covering architectural, development, DevOps, and organisational tasks, along with budget estimations for human, infrastructure, and operational costs. This clarifies required efforts and aids in precise budget allocation for the roadmap.

The final step is creating a comprehensive investment proposal and project plan tailored to your needs. This includes documenting the technical solution and target architecture, required IT resources, organisational structure, and a customer-specific roadmap with timelines and milestones. We also address risks, dependencies, and compliance aspects. Delivered with a Statement of Work and a results presentation, this proposal provides transparency on budget, timeline, and resources—empowering you with a clear, actionable roadmap for successful project execution.