Surviving a Flood - Moving Your Tools to the Cloud

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1. Surviving a Flood Moving Your Tools to the Cloud Andy

   McCormick Director of Development DuBose Web Group

2. A Little Bit About Me Family The reason I do

   everything. DuBose Web Team Sports I couldn’t do what I do without my team. Ohio sports give you thick skin. Developer Solving problems with code keeps my job.
3. None

4. By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. -Benjamin

   Franklin

5. The Flood • Checked that everyone was ok via HipChat

   and text messages • Let everyone know to work from home on Monday Sunday Venue Venue Monday Wednesday • Everyone worked as normal using Jira, HipChat, etc • Cleaned up office • Moved upstairs • Back to work by the end of the day • Over a month in temporary offices. • Moved back to original offices with no loss in workflow

6. Amount of Data Lost

7. How? The Cloud

8. The Cloud Saas Iaas PaaS

9. The Cloud

10. The Process

11. Identified problems Evaluation • No consistency in tools across the

    team • No documentation of where to find things • Can your team survive a bus? What are current issues in the workflow?

12. Identified problems Evaluation Advantages • Software updates • Portable •

    Managed • Offsite backup • Security Disadvantages • Trust in vendor’s sustainability • Security • Bug Fixes / new features dependent on the vendor What can be moved to the cloud?

13. Identified problems Surveyed the team • User buy-in is the

    biggest obstacle to and the biggest proponent for implementing a new tool. • Find out from the team what issues they are having. • What does their ideal solution look like? • What tools or data would they like access to no matter where they are? • What does each team member's workflow look like compared to each other? Evaluation

14. Identified problems Evaluation Surveyed the team Chose a Place To

    start You may find that there are many issues to solve, but you must start somewhere!

15. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options • Read good and bad reviews • Compare list of services to list of needs you created • Costs (hidden costs, tiered, etc?) • Data portability • Security • Stability of company • Pick two or three to test • Try and use the tool for the full trial • Ask the community and/or support questions to test responsiveness. • Test test and test… don’t just trust the docs • Ask for an extension of your trial Evaluation

16. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Evaluation

17. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Planning! Evaluation Planning

18. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Leadership vs Team • How are you going to roll this out to the team? • Timeframe • Compassion for other team members • Who are going to be the main users • Who’s going to wave the flag? Evaluation Planning

19. MUST COME FROM THE TOP!!

20. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Leadership vs Team Accountability There must be Accountability • How is the team going to be held accountable for the new procedure? • When? How often will accountability checks happen? Evaluation Planning

21. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Leadership vs Team Accountability Communicating Evaluation Planning Communicating

22. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Leadership vs Team Accountability Communicating and documenting are not the same thing! Evaluation Planning Communicating

23. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Team Meetings Leadership vs Team Accountability Communicate the Why! “People don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it” - Simon Sinek, Start With Why Evaluation Planning Communicating

24. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Team Meetings Leadership vs Team Accountability Evaluation Planning Communicating Method? • Meeting • Email • Video chat • One on One When/Where/Who • Make sure everyone is included! • Hit by a bus planning

25. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Team Meetings Leadership vs Team Accountability Follow up If it matters, you will follow up! Evaluation Planning Communicating

26. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Team Meetings Leadership vs Team Accountability Follow up Documenting Evaluation Planning Communicating Documenting

27. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Team Meetings Leadership vs Team Accountability Follow up Onboard new hires and Recount decisions with ease • Type of documentation • Make sure you document all necessary information. • Document your Why Evaluation Planning Communicating Documenting

28. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Team Meetings Leadership vs Team Accountability Follow up Onboard new hires and Recount decisions with ease Rinse, wash, repeat Where is the documentation going to be stored? Evaluation Planning Communicating Documenting

29. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Team Meetings Leadership vs Team Accountability Follow up Onboard new hires and Recount decisions with ease Rinse, wash, repeat Survive Flood Evaluation Planning Communicating Documenting Survive!

30. Identified problems Surveyed the team Chose a Place To start

    Tested multiple options Made the Decision Team Meetings Leadership vs Team Accountability Follow up Onboard new hires and Recount decisions with ease Rinse, wash, repeat Survive Flood Evaluation Planning Communicating Documenting Discussion