Authors:
Reginald Butterfield
1
;
Silia Maksuti
2
;
Markus Tauber
2
;
Christian Wagner
3
and
Ani Bicaku
2
Affiliations:
1
Management Resource Centre and University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, Austria
;
2
University of Applied Sciences Burgenland and Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
;
3
Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Keyword(s):
Cloud Application Life Cycle, Security Software Development Life Cycle, Security, Business Requirements, Risk, Governance, Decision-making.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Business Process Management
;
Business Services Realized by IT Services
;
Cloud Computing
;
Cloud Delivery Models
;
Cloud Deployment Models: Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud
;
Cloud Economics
;
Cloud Interoperability
;
Cloud Risk, Challenges, and Governance
;
Cloud Scenarios
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Engineering
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Fundamentals
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Platforms and Applications
;
Service Modeling and Specification
;
Services Science
;
Symbolic Systems
Abstract:
The success of any cloud-based application depends on appropriate decisions being taken at each phase of the life cycle of that application coupled with the stage of the organisation’s business strategy at any given time. Throughout the life cycle of a cloud-based project, various stakeholders are involved. This requires a consistent definition of organizational, legal and governance issues regardless of the role of the stakeholder. We proffer that currently the models and frameworks that offer to support these stakeholders are predominantly IT focused and as such lack a sufficient focus on the business and its operating environment for the decision-makers to make strategic cloud related decisions that benefit their individual business model. We propose an emerging framework that provides a stronger platform on which to base cloud business decisions. We also illustrate the importance of this approach through extrapolating the subject of security from the initial Business Case definit
ion phase, through the Decision Making phase and into the Application Development phase to strengthen the case for a comprehensive Business-based framework for cloud-based application decision-making. We envisage that this emerging framework will then be further developed around all phases of the Application Life Cycle as a means of ensuring consistency.
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