In which of the following phases is a strategy record or document created…
2024
In which of the following phases is a strategy record or document created corresponding to the events and conditions a user may face while adopting the cloud computing model?
- A.
Cloud Computing Value Proposition
- B.
Cloud Computing Strategy Planning
- C.
Planning Phase
- D.
Business Architecture Development
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Correct answer: B
Concept: An enterprise cloud-adoption roadmap breaks the move to the cloud into sequential phases, each producing a distinct artifact - a value case, a strategy document, a technology plan, a target architecture, or a migration plan - built from a distinct kind of input such as business drivers, environmental conditions, technical requirements, or structural design.
Application: The stem asks which phase produces a strategy record or document keyed to the events and conditions an organisation may face while adopting cloud computing. That is precisely the deliverable of the Cloud Computing Strategy Planning phase: building on the earlier value analysis, this phase formally documents the strategy - the conditions, constraints, and events the organisation must plan around - before any technology-specific planning begins.
Cross-check by contrast:
Cloud Computing Value Proposition establishes the business case and expected benefits of adopting cloud computing - it addresses why to adopt, and is evaluated before any conditions-specific record is prepared.
Planning Phase is only a generic label for the overall planning stage; it does not name a specifically defined phase of the roadmap that produces a named strategy artifact.
Business Architecture Development focuses on designing the target business and technical architecture - defining structures and components - rather than authoring a strategy record.
Since Strategy Planning is the phase whose defined output is a strategy document responding to adoption conditions and events, it is the phase the stem describes.