Abstract

This paper is a practical playbook for defining, establishing, and implementing a Cloud Enablement Engine (CEE).

It collates and summarizes the lessons learned and anti- patterns gathered from the CEE journeys successfully navigated at Amazon and other large enterprise companies.

Much has been written about the need to establish a CEE, the benefits of moving to a productization mindset, and the business value of tribes, guilds, and two-pizza teams.

However, larger organizations are still struggling with a CEE 30-60-90-day plan, and the essential components of the CEE during its first six months in existence.

The prescriptive guidance in this document provides pragmatic and tactical advice for establishing a Cloud Enablement Engine (CEE), also referred to as a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) or Cloud Enablement Team.

This paper serves as a step-by-step guide for the initial setup activities, and the top ten best practices that have been extrapolated from working across a large number of customers.