Tax Day Event: Cloud Concepts for Product

Development

Patrick Sheridan

Product Mindset Series

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• Patrick Sheridan, Director, Product Strategy

• 12 years providing strategic consulting for

enterprise class web based applications

– US Treasury, Verizon, NASD/ FINRA, PBS, many

others

• Twitter: @sheridap

About Me

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• Technology is a never-end cycle of next big

things

• Cloud affects

– Service delivery model

– Organizational design

– IT portfolio & vendor management

• CAPEX becoming OPEX

• Virtualization + Standardization + Automation = Reduced

Cost

Cloud is today’s Context for

Change

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SaaS

PaaS

IaaS

Cloud technology vendors

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Traditional cloud

• Virtualization

• Standardization

• Automation

Product Development

‘cloud’

• Virtual Delivery centers

• Standard Delivery

processes

• Targeted engagements

– Envision session, etc

– Not ‘open ended’

consulting

Cloud Concepts

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• Elastic/ Dynamic

• Rapid provisioning

• Burst-able/ measureable

– Focus on monitored usage or capacity

• Managed complexity with automated reporting &

dashboards

• Fractional Resources

Cloud Concepts

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• Reconfigure for success

• Focus on where your IP is

– It is really your apps or your data?

• Develop Governance strategy

• Identify partners upstream and downstream of

core value/IP

Cloud IQ/Readiness

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Partner Strategy: Platform

Partnerships• Understand your business

• Managed solutions /services higher

up the value chain

• Configured for full lifecycle product

development

• Integrate Vertically

• Engage seamlessly

• Flexible/distributed engagement

models

• Maintain visibility and control

• Elastic/ Dynamic

• Rapid provisioning

• Burst-able/ measureable

• Managed complexity with

automated reporting &

dashboards

• Fractional Resources

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• Core tenants of good Product Development

– Focus on customer needs/ ease of use

– Prioritize Product Roadmaps

– Select technology to enable growth

– Manage risk and complexity

What not to change