Convergence of Cloud Computing & Project Management

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Convergence of Cloud Computing & Project Management

V. Srinivasa Rao (VSR)

Past Chairman, PMI Team India

Senior Vice President, Mahindra Satyam

13th April 2012

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INFORMATION is the KING and INFORMATION is the ASSET to take timely decisions, corrective/preventive actions for

growth and transformation of businesses

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Technology has been playing a role in providing real time & accurate information

Business Processes

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

INFORMATION, INSIGHT & FORESIGHT

Technology generates COMPUTING POWER that

automates Business processes, captures and

mine the data, and provides information &

intelligence for successful business

Technology over internet for ‘All’ at an

‘affordable’ price

IMPROVE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

REPEAT THE SUCCESS

MINIMIZE TECHNOLOGY DIVIDE AMONG MSML

businesses (Micro, Small, Medium & Large

Businesses)

Agile, Lean & integrated Business processes

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Computing Power from Technology Engine • Compliance Management• Risk Assessment & Monitoring • Project Portfolio Management• Program Management• Project Management• Procurement Management

• Logistics & Transportation• Legal Management• Document Management • Communication Management • Decision Management • Knowledge Management

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Desktop , Enterprise or Mobile Applications

Development & Integration Platform

to build/implement Applications

Infrastructure Platform

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• Contract Management• Designs/ Virtual Construction• Finance Management • Insurance Management• Workforce Management• Assets Management

Business Processes

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Availability of Computing Power at an affordable price would change the world

Computing Power is the asset and is changing the world at rapid speed

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It took 150 years to provide affordable electric power

• In 1831, Michael Faraday devised a machine that generated

electricity from rotary motion, but it took almost 50 years for the

technology to reach a commercially viable stage

• In 1878, in the US, Thomas Edison developed and sold a

commercially viable replacement for gas lighting and heating

using locally generated and distributed direct current electricity.

It took almost 150+ years for India to take serious steps for electrification of urban and Rural India.

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Speed is the Essence!

We can not wait for another 150 years to have commercially viable Computing power in India

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In the Real Time Scenario, we require

many Technology Engines

(DATA CENTER) to generate HUGE COMPUTING POWER to

support thousands of IT applications

The challenge is to get reliable COMPUTING POWER at an affordable PRICE

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Interesting facts on Data Centers

1. Government & Industry have established large data centers (many Technology

Engines)

2. Micro & Small enterprises do not have the required money to build their own data

centers

3. World wide carbon emissions from Data Centers would quadruple by 2020

4. World wide 44 million servers consume 0.5% of electricity

5. Data Centers consume near 25% of total corporate IT Budgets

6. Electricity consumption by data centers was equivalent to 14 power plants (The total

electric bill to $7.2 billion worldwide)

7. Average utilization of hardware (technology engines) is only 5%-15% of the total

capacity

8. 25-30% of overall IT Budget is spent on managing Data Centers (this is serious

concern)

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Interesting facts on Data Centers (Contd..)

9. Micro & Small enterprises: No money for establishing Data center, still WANT

Technology support to drive business

10. Occasional usage of IT applications not in regular use – example: Virtual construction

and simulation of capital assets 6 times during project duration.. Why to invest on

permanent hardware & software?

11. Urgency in setting up the project operations due to business demand: In weeks not in

months? (e.g.: financials, procurement to comply with regulatory etc.,)

12. Technology experimentation zones for developers/team: Set up in days not in months

13. Most importantly how to use the hardware (Technology engines) at a capacity of 50%-

60% as against 5%- 15% today

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SMART DATA CENTERS HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED

• Low energy consumption

• Low carbon emissions

• Effective (near full capacity) utilization of hardware

through Elasticity

• Low cost of maintenance of applications

Technology Innovation is available today to build smart Data Centers:

• Virtualization

• Multi Tenant Applications

• Access through Internet

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You have a choice…

Own vs. Rent Smart Data Centers

When to go for what?

Owning Smart Data Centers is called Private Cloud Computing

Renting Smart Data Centers is called Public Cloud Computing

Public clouds are playing the key role in providing Commercially viable Computing Power

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In Public Cloud…Smart Data Centers are available as Service

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Applications are provided as a Service – Software as a Service (SaaS) – pay per usage (utilities based)

Infrastructure as a service (Iaas)– Pay per usage

(utility based)

Platform as a service (PaaS) – Pay per usage (utility based)

Metering for charge back is the key feature of renting… like we do for other utility services (power, water etc)

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Emergence of New Projects due to Cloud Computing & impact on Project Management

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Emerging Technologies like CLOUD COMPUTING have been

increasing uncertainty and complexity in delivering different

type of projects. Many unknowns are causing the failure of

Project Managers to deliver faster, better, cheaper & steadier

services

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Cloud Computing: the Project Matrix

Public Cloud Private Cloud

Hybrid Cloud Community Cloud

Business Process as a

Service (BPaaS)

Projects Projects Projects Projects

Software as a Service (SaaS)


Platform as a Service (PaaS)


Infrastructure as a Service

(IaaS)


21st Century Project Management to deliver a variety of Cloud Computing Projects

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Cloud Computing: Project Categories (Illustrative)

IT Strategy & Architecture Projects

Organization Capability Improvement Projects

Development, Integration & Migration Projects

Testing & Validation Projects

Infrastructure Projects

Product Development Projects


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Cloud Computing: IT Strategy & Architecture Projects

S. No Project Type

1Develop Cloud Computing Strategy

2Develop Cloud Computing Architecture

3Build Cloud Path Finder


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Cloud Computing: Organization Capability Improvement Projects

S. No Project Type

1 Build Cloud Computing Learning Assets

2 Develop Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Plan for Cloud Computing Environment

3 Develop Cloud Computing Procurement & Contract Management Processes & Governance

4 Develop Cloud Computing Governance, Processes, Practices and Policies

5 Develop Cloud Services Standards & Guidelines Development

6 Develop Cloud Computing Credibility, Reliability and Vendor Locking Analyzer

7 Develop Cloud Computing Pricing Models

8 Develop Business Case for Cloud Computing

9 Develop Cloud Computing Security & Risk Management Processes/Practices

10 Develop Cloud Computing Legal Issues Management framework

11 Introduce Change Management due to Cloud Computing

12 Develop Cloud Computing Data Governance Management

13 Credibility and Reliability analysis of Cloud Platform Provider (in multiple dimensions)

14 Develop Estimation/Pricing Models for different cloud computing projects

15 Develop Contract Management/ Revenue Models – Annual Contracts to Pay per use models?


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Cloud Computing: Development, Integration & Migration Projects

S. No Project Type

1 Cloud Aggregation Brokerage - Aggregation of services from multiple service providers (Fixed)

2 Cloud Arbitrage Brokerage - Aggregation of services from multiple service providers (Not fixed)

3 Integrate Public Cloud & Private clouds

4 Integrate On-Premise and Cloud applications

5 SaaS Applications Development (PaaS)

6 Migrate Applications to Private Clouds

9 Virtualize Applications


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Cloud Computing: Testing & Validation Projects

S. No Project Type

1 Dry Run for Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity for Cloud Computing Environment

2 Testing and Validation of Cloud Integrations/Migrations

3 Testing and Validation of SaaS Applications (Development)

4 Testing and Validation of Virtualized Infrastructure

5 Performance Testing of Integrated Apps in Cloud (multi Clouds)


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Cloud Computing: Infrastructure Projects

S. No

1 Build Private Clouds

2 Migrate from Traditional Data Center to Private Cloud Data Centers

3 Virtualize Infrastructure/Hardware

4 Virtualize Database

5 Virtualize Storage Networks


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Cloud Computing: Product Development Projects

S. No Project Type

1 Build Infrastructure Platform for Cloud Computing

2 Develop Cloud Computing Application Development Platform

3 Develop Virtualization Technology

4 Develop Enterprise Applications

5 Develop Desktop Applications

6Develop Mobile Applications


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I have shown nearly 43 different types of cloud focused projects (Illustrative only)

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How Cloud Computing would impact the Project Management System (PMS) ?

S. No Impacted Areas in Project Management (PM) due to Cloud Computing

1 Project life cycles / Work Breakdown Structure

2 Global Delivery Model (GDM)

3 Contract & Procurement Management

4 Project Governance Structure

5 Best Practices/ case studies

6 Lessons Learnt/case studies

7 Checklists/standards/guidelines/ templates

8 Estimation techniques

9 Competency Building Engine (skills/learning)

10 Multi country and multi industry rules/regulations on data security

11 The 9 Knowledge areas of PM Body of Knowledge

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How Cloud Computing would impact the Project Management System (PMS) (Contd..)

S. No Impacted Areas in Project Management (PM) due to Cloud

Computing

Description

1 Project life cycles (Work Breakdown Structure - phases, tasks etc)

New (or)Customizing existing project life cycles

2 Global Delivery Model (GDM) Intelligent Work Breakdown Structure among multiple providers (customer, cloud provider (s), India Inc)

3 Contract & Procurement Management

Security, Privacy, DR/BC, SLAs, multi-party agreements

4 Project Governance Structure Multi-Party governance (Customer, India Inc, Cloud provider 1, Cloud provider n…)

5 Best Practices/ case studies New

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How Cloud Computing would impact the Project Management System (PMS) (Contd..)

S. No Impacted Areas in Project Management (PM) due to Cloud

Computing

Description

6 Lessons Learnt/case studies New

7 Checklists/standards/guidelines/ templates

New (Or)Customizing existing templates

8 Estimation techniques New (Or) Customizing existing templates / tools

9 Competency Building Engine (skills/learning)

New (Or)Customizing existing engine

10 Multi country and multi industry rules/regulations on data security

Extraordinary knowledge is required

11 Nine Knowledge of PM Body of Knowledge

New or Tailoring of existing knowledge areas

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Can Cloud computing impact Global Delivery Model (GDM) ?

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GDM

Intelligent Work Breakdown Structure

Optimal Cost

Abundant Talent

Follow the Sun Quality Management

Knowledge Management

Continuous Learning

Compete & Collaborate Cloud Platforms

Private Clouds Faster IT Infrastructure provision

Extended PartnersCloud Providers

GDM Analytics Mobility & Cloud

Green Optimized IT Infrastructure

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Few skills what Project Managers have to refine to work in Cloud environment

• New/tailored project life cycles and methodologies

• Country law/regulatory compliance practices

• Security standards

• Cloud provider agreements, SLAs, Penalties

• Multi Cultural Team management

• Prediction of Risks in cloud environment

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Few challenges what Project Manager must aware of while managing Cloud projects • Lack of standards and multiple clouds integration

• Vulnerability to Cyber Attacks

• Network Incompatibility between Cloud Providers & IT Service providers

• Legal issues & heavy penalties

• Network bandwidth issues, SLAs failure and heavy penalties

• Talent preparation on Cloud Computing technology/environment skills

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Let us prepare ourselves

• Project Management is the key for India

to become Global Leader in delivering

variety of Cloud Computing Projects …

Let us prepare ourselves!

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Convergence of Cloud Computing & Project Management impact the Economy

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Economy : Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

2007 2008 2009 2010

India 1,242,426,253,335 1,215,992,812,024 1,377,264,718,251 1,727,111,096,363

China 3,494,055,944,791 4,521,827,288,304 4,991,256,406,735 5,926,612,009,750

USA 13,995,000,000,000 14,296,900,000,000 14,048,056,670,216 14,586,736,313,339

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GDP = (C + I + G + NX) where C is private consumption or consumer expenditure, I is business investments, G is government expenditure, NX is gross exports -

gross imports.

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Computing Power enables economy growth at rapid velocity

Minimize IT Divide between Emerging

and Developed economies

ECONOMY

Source: World Economic Forum

Providing Leapfrog opportunities to

emerging economies

Creating new businesses and

jobs

ECONOMY ECONOMY

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Computing Power enables Industry growth at rapid velocity


Minimize IT Divide between Small and Large enterprises

See the future of your business

through simulation

BUSINESS BUSINESS

Collaborative design with supplier and

customers

BUSINESS

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Computing Power enables providing better healthcare services

Massive and flexible computing

power for drug discovery

Real Time health monitoring and alert

distribution

HEALTHCARE HEALTHCARE


Shared Platform for Health and

Insurances Services

HEALTHCARE

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Computing Power enables education growth

Interactive / collaborative

learning

Access to teaching resources from all

over the world

Low cost simulation

EDUCATION EDUCATION EDUCATION


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