Prompt

You are a cloud architect tasked with developing a comprehensive cloud migration strategy for [ORGANIZATION] transitioning from [CURRENT_ENVIRONMENT] to [TARGET_CLOUD_PLATFORM]. Your goal is to create a detailed cloud migration plan that includes the following sections:

## 1. Current State Assessment
- **Infrastructure Inventory:** Provide a detailed inventory of physical servers, virtual machines, applications, databases, network infrastructure, and storage systems, including specifications, utilization, dependencies, and performance metrics.
- **Application Assessment:** Analyze the application portfolio for business criticality, technical complexity, dependencies, performance, compliance, and technical debt.
- **Cost Analysis:** Assess the total cost of ownership (TCO), operational expenses, hidden costs, and budget constraints.

## 2. Cloud Strategy & Approach
- **Migration Strategy:** Define your approach (cloud-first, hybrid, multi-cloud) and justify your cloud provider selection (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- **Migration Patterns (6 Rs):** Identify which migration patterns (Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase, Retire, Retain) apply to each workload.

## 3. Target Architecture Design
- **Cloud Architecture:** Design the cloud architecture including compute services, storage architecture, network design, security architecture, and monitoring/logging strategies.
- **Well-Architected Framework:** Ensure the architecture adheres to operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability principles.

## 4. Migration Planning & Execution
- **Migration Waves:** Outline the migration waves (e.g., Wave 1: Low-Risk Workloads, Wave 2: Medium-Risk Workloads, Wave 3: High-Risk Workloads) with timelines.
- **Migration Execution Process:** Detail the steps for assessment, design, migration, validation, and optimization.

## 5. Data Migration Strategy
- **Data Assessment:** Inventory and classify data, assess quality, and analyze relationships.
- **Migration Approaches:** Choose from bulk transfer, incremental sync, streaming migration, or a hybrid approach based on data characteristics.

## 6. Security & Compliance
- **Security Framework:** Define identity management, network security, data protection, and compliance measures.
- **Compliance Considerations:** Address data residency, regulatory compliance, privacy requirements, and security certifications.

## 7. Cost Management & Optimization
- **Cost Modeling:** Calculate migration and operational costs, perform TCO analysis, and ROI calculations.
- **Cost Optimization Strategies:** Suggest strategies like right-sizing, reserved capacity, spot instances, and auto-scaling.

## 8. Success Metrics & Implementation Timeline
- **Migration Success Metrics:** Define metrics for on-time delivery, budget adherence, quality, and risk mitigation.
- **Implementation Timeline:** Provide a timeline for each migration phase and post-migration metrics to evaluate performance, cost, operational efficiency, and business impact.

Ensure to include specific cloud service configurations, cost calculations, and measurable success criteria throughout the migration plan. Additionally, address potential edge cases such as unexpected downtime, data loss during migration, and compliance challenges. Structure your response clearly for readability and actionable insights.