A generic cloud migration process model. Issue 3 (4th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fahmideh, Mahdi; Daneshgar, Farhad; Rabhi, Fethi; Beydoun, Ghassan
• Is Part Of: European journal of information systems. Volume 28:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 233
• Page End: 255
• Publication Date: 2019-05-04
• Subjects: Par Agerfalk; Fredrik Karlsson; Cloud computing -- cloud migration -- legacy systems -- metamodel -- process model; Information technology -- Periodicals; Information technology -- Europe -- Periodicals; Management information systems -- Periodicals; Management information systems -- Europe -- Periodicals; 658.403805
• DOI: 10.1080/0960085X.2018.1524417
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0960-085X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The cloud computing literature provides various ways to utilise cloud services, each with a different viewpoint and focus and mostly using heterogeneous technical-centric terms. This hinders efficient and consistent knowledge flow across the community. Little, if any, research has aimed on developing an integrated process model which captures core domain concepts and ties them together to provide an overarching view of migrating legacy systems to cloud platforms that is customisable for a given context. We adopt design science research guidelines in which we use a metamodeling approach to develop a generic process model and then evaluate and refine the model through three case studies and domain expert reviews. This research benefits academics and practitioners alike by underpinning a substrate for constructing, standardising, maintaining, and sharing bespoke cloud migration models that can be applied to given cloud adoption scenarios.