1. What resources will all applications require for optimal performance?
2. What is the value of your data assets?
3. How are you currently protecting and securing each of your data assets?
4. Which data assets will need to be accessed by which applications?
5. Who are the business users and how are they grouped together?
6. Which devices are used by each user or user group (e.g. desktop computers, laptop computers, tablets, smartphones, etc.)
7. Which of your user groups require access to which applications?
8. How many of your users will be accessing each application from a dedicated desktop computer?
9. How many of your users will be accessing each application from an internal mobile device? How about from an external mobile device?
10. How many of your users will be accessing each application from a shared and publicly-accessible location?
11. Which networks are currently used to connect user devices to applications? Be sure to include both wired and wireless networks.
12. Which public wide area networks (e.g. 4G) are currently used to connect remote devices to applications?
13. Are mobile device users fully aware of how to secure their devices when accessing applications in the cloud?
14. Which applications are you planning to bring with you into the cloud and which will stay in-house?
15. Of the applications you plan to move into the cloud, which will require modification first?
16. Where will your data assets be stored in the cloud?
17. What storage capacity will be provisioned to store each of your data assets?
18. Onto which specific cloud resource will each application be mapped?
19. Have you done any initial work in matching various cloud service providers? Have you found the most cost-effective solution which provides the performance and functionality you will need?
20. How will your sensitive data be protected and secured both during transit and while in storage?
