PROJECT MANAGING THE MOVE TO AWS

• Aarika Thixton, Rackspace• AWS certified architect & developer• Scrum master

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OVERVIEW• About Rackspace and Fanatical Support for AWS• Moving Infrastructure to AWS• Project Management Framework• Combining the Two

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REVENUE

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We serve the majorityof the Fortune 100

WHO WE ARE

3,000+ Cloud Experts

WORLD’S GREATEST

RECOGNIZEDTO BEAS ONE OF THE

SERVICE COMPANIES

PAIRING THE WORLD’S LEADING SERVICEWITH LEADING INFRASTRUCTURE

CHALLENGERS LEADERS

NICHE PLAYERS VISIONARIES

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TECOMPLETENESS OF VISION As of May 2015

CenturyLink

CSC

Verizon

Virtustream

VMware

Joyent

Dimension Data

Interoute

Fujitsu

NTT Communications

IBM SoftLayer

Amazon Web Services

Microsoft

GoogleRackspace

CHALLENGERS LEADERS

NICHE PLAYERS VISIONARIES

ABIL

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TO E

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COMPLETENESS OF VISION

CSC

Dimension Data

IBM

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NTT Communications

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Internap

Windstream Hosted Solutions

CenturyLink

Verizon

Virtustream

Rackspace

As of July 2015

LEADER IN MANAGED CLOUD SERVICES……TECHNOLOGY LEADER IN IAAS

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• >650 Solution Architect, SysOps and Developer Associate Certifications• 45 Solution Architect and DevOps Professional Certifications• >1,640 Business & Technical Professional Accreditations

• Premier Consulting Partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN) • Audited Managed Service Partner Designation • AWS DevOps Competency Partner• AWS Marketing & Commerce Competency• Authorized AWS Reseller• AWS Public Sector Partner

• Fanatical Support for AWS Across All Public AWS Regions• Managed Security & Compliance Assistance• Managed Cloud for Adobe Experience Manager Available for U.S. and International

Customers• Support of HIPAA and PCI compliant workloads

Global Expertise*

AWS Capability

Offers

*Current as of 28 November, 2016

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RACKSPACE WITH AWS IS A POWERFUL COMBINATION

“Manage my migration to AWS, make it smooth and

easy.”

“Help me architect for scalability on

AWS, and take advantage of their

entire service catalog.”

“Manage my AWS

infrastructure on an ongoing

basis.”

“Help me secure my AWS

environments, and help me with my governance and

compliance needs.”

ArchitectMigrate Secure Operate Optimize“Help me

optimize my AWS environment for

cost, performance and scalability.”

CRITICAL NEEDS ADDRESSED BY FANATICAL SUPPORT FOR AWS

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MOVING TO AWS: 3 PHASE CYCLE

Plan

DeployOptimize

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PLAN• Explore the existing environment • Decide to lift-and-shift or re-architect• Ideally, one application at a time as

internal teams see fit - Ex. Amazon retail

Plan

DeployOptimize

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PLAN CONT. • The output of the planning stage, is a

prescriptive design document• Minimum: Diagram/technologies/definitions• More:

- Runbooks- Backup methods- Security - Compliance requirements

Plan

DeployOptimize

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DEPLOY• Infrastructure

- Initially- minimal deployment time required- Increases as complexity and quality

increases, results in decrease of manual adjustments to environment

• Application

Plan

DeployOptimize

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OPTIMIZE• Testing

- Pen- Load- Application

• Iterative progress- Taking advantage of additional

technologies

Plan

DeployOptimize

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LAMP

Route53

ELB

2 EC2

RDS

Plan

DeployOptimize

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LAMP 2ND ITERATION

Route53

ELB

EC2

RDS

S3

CloudFront

Route53

ELB

EC2

RDS

Plan

DeployOptimize

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Framework for Shared Understanding and Progress

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Scrum Kanban Scrumban

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SCRUM/AGILE• Frameworks

- Scrum master, product owner, development team- List of tasks to complete- backlog- Sprint goals defined clearly - Review each time-boxed cycle and adjust

• Issues- A lot of overhead- A lot of meetings

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KANBAN• Incremental Improvements

- Lists of tasks to complete- As one is completed, new task is picked up

• Issues- No clear timelines, owners

Backlog To Do (Sprint) In Progress Complete

Setup VPN Create diagram Gather compliance requirements

EC2 Sizing

Setup CodeDeploy

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SCRUMBAN• Framework and Process

- Uses time-cycles of Scrum- Applies Kanban flow/process chart

• Positives- Adjust to meet the needs of the team- Less overhead/meeting time- Easier to apply than Scrum

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PROJECT FRAMEWORK/ TOOLSBacklog To Do (Sprint) In Progress Complete

Setup VPN Create diagram Gather compliance requirements

EC2 Sizing

Setup Codedeploy

Generate Golden AMIs

• Tools- Waffle.io- Atlassian Jira- Trello- Google sheets

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CEREMONIES & STAKEHOLDERS• Ceremonies

- Kickoff Meetings• Each Phase

- Daily scrum- Sprint reviews

• Stakeholders - Architect- Engineer- Project Manager- Client• Developers

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How to put it all together

APPLYING PROJECT MANAGEMENTTO DEPLOYMENT

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OptimizeDeploy

GANTT CHART

Plan

Architect

Engineer

DeveloperDeveloper

Project Manager

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PROJECT AND “PLAN” PHASE KICKOFF• Time: About 1 hour• Invite: PM, architect, client• Agenda:

- Introductions & responsibilites- Outline goals for project- Outline goals for phase

• Define infrastructure• Phase Output: design document

- Meeting Output: timeline- Meeting Output: list of tasks (architect should prepare in advance)

• Segway into technical requirements deep dive

Plan

DeployOptimize

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DAILY STANDUPS• Time: Less than 15 minutes• Invite: PM, architect, engineer, developers• Agenda:

- Each person reviews:• What task was completed yesterday• What we’re currently working on• Any impediments

- As a project manager, your role is to remove impediments and ensure progress is made.

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“DEPLOY” PHASE KICKOFF

• Time: 30 minutes-1 hour• Attendees: PM, architect, lead engineer, client• Agenda:

- Introductions- Architect will review the design document for accuracy with customer- Lead engineer has opportunity to cover any questions before building- Clarify that the design document won’t be changed until next sprint review

Plan

DeployOptimize

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SPRINT REVIEW• Time: 30 minutes• Attendees: PM, engineer, client (if necessary)• Agenda

- Introductions- Review tasks for the sprint• What was completed/ what should be moved to next sprint

- Groom the backlog• Remove unnecessary tasks• Prioritize

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“OPTIMIZE” PHASE KICKOFF

• Time: 30 minutes• Attendees: PM, engineer, client• Agenda:

- Introductions- Engineer will provide status update on environment, application deployment- Identify testing to be completed and timelines

Plan

DeployOptimize

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RESOURCES• Drinking our Own Champagne -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f45Uo5rw6YY – Grit • Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time – Sutherland • The Phoenix Project –Kim, Spafford, and Behr

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