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✓ First, a set of business considerations 

✓ Second, a set of technical considerations 

The most effective approach is actually to involve both IT and business teams in both assessments. This facilitates an understanding of issues and considerations. So, what are the key considerations that should be part of the planning and decision making processes? Five business considerations and five technical implementation considerations are covered in this section. 

## Business considerations 

Business considerations  are the strategic goals and plans that determine how the business changes over the next five years. Planning your cloud journey is more successful if it’s planned in context with the issues driving the company’s strategy. 

## How’s the business changing? 

A cloud strategy has to be targeted to how well your organization is structured to support changing business and customer requirements. Therefore, you need to be able to understand the anticipated opportunities and the threats from the competitive environment. Are new competitors entering your market? Is your industry changing dramatically and will that cause you to totally restructure how you serve customers and partners? If the answers indicate that major change is coming, that impacts the structure and process of creating and managing your hybrid cloud environment. 

## How does the company want to provide services in the future? 

Delivery of services and customer value can transform a company dramatically. Your strategy may be to continue with traditional methods of servicing your customers. However, many industries are finding new channels and new models to support customers. These business models typically depend on sophisticated and emerging technologies. Understanding these requirements helps determine what technologies need to be incorporated into the cloud plan. For example, analytics may play a more far-reaching role than in the past. 

