Global Learning for Operational Leaders
Course DIT-017
Cloud Computing and Digital Transformation for Managers
Cloud computing has become a core enabler of digital transformation, allowing organizations to modernize technology envi... The outline covers Cloud Computing Strategy and Business Value, Cloud Migration, Application Mod...
- 5 daysClassroom or online
- 14Upcoming dates
- 14Cities
- €1,625Fees from
Your week at a glance
- Day 1 Cloud Computing Strategy and Business Value
- Day 2 Cloud Migration, Application Modernization and Business Cases
- Day 3 Cloud Economics, Governance, Security and Operational Risk
- Day 4 Cloud-Enabled Data, AI and Digital Business Transformation
- Day 5 Leading Cloud Adoption and Building the Digital Transformation Roadmap
Classroom
14 sessions
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Online / Live
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Introduction
Course overview
Cloud computing has become a core enabler of digital transformation, allowing organizations to modernize technology environments, scale services, improve operational flexibility, and introduce digital products more rapidly. Managers involved in transformation initiatives need to understand cloud capabilities and business implications without necessarily becoming technical cloud engineers.
This Cloud Computing and Digital Transformation for Managers course provides a business-focused understanding of cloud strategy, service and deployment models, migration decisions, cloud economics, security, governance, data, artificial intelligence, and organizational change. Participants examine major cloud ecosystems such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud and learn how cloud investments can be connected to business objectives, operating models, customer experience, innovation, and measurable transformation outcomes.
Professional Problems This Course Is Designed to Solve
Unclear cloud business value: Connecting cloud investment decisions with cost, agility, resilience, innovation, customer experience, and business growth.
Confusion around cloud options: Understanding public, private, hybrid, and multi-cloud approaches together with SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS service models.
Poorly planned cloud migration: Determining which applications and workloads should be migrated, modernized, replaced, retained, or retired.
Unexpected cloud expenditure: Improving visibility of cloud consumption, financial accountability, budgeting, and cost optimization.
Cloud security and governance concerns: Understanding shared responsibility, identity and access, data protection, resilience, governance, and third-party risk.
Disconnected digital transformation initiatives: Aligning cloud, data, AI, automation, applications, and business process transformation under a coherent strategy.
Weak organizational adoption: Managing skills, operating model, leadership, process, and cultural changes required to achieve sustainable transformation.
What you will achieve
Learning objectives
- Understand cloud computing concepts and their relevance to business strategy
- Differentiate between cloud service and deployment models
- Evaluate cloud platforms and sourcing options from a management perspective
- Develop business cases for cloud migration and digital modernization
- Assess cloud costs, benefits, risks, and operational implications
- Understand cloud security, governance, resilience, and shared responsibility
- Connect cloud adoption with data, AI, automation, and digital innovation
- Prioritize applications and business processes for modernization
Who should attend
Target audience
- Executives and senior managers
- Digital transformation leaders
- IT managers and technology decision-makers
- Business unit managers
- Strategy and innovation professionals
- Finance and procurement managers involved in technology investments
- Project and programme managers
- Professionals responsible for business modernization initiatives
Methodology
Learning approach
- The programme combines management briefings, cloud demonstrations, business case studies, transformation scenarios, group discussions, decision workshops, and strategic planning exercises. Participants evaluate cloud and digital transformation decisions from business, financial, operational, governance, and risk perspectives and develop a practical transformation roadmap for their organization.
Complete course outline
Five focused days of learning and application
The timings provided are estimates and may vary depending on the number of participants and the discussions taking place during the sessions. They are indicative only and do not constitute a binding commitment.
Day 1
Cloud Computing Strategy and Business Value
- Understanding cloud computing and its role in enterprise digital transformation
- Comparing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Evaluating public, private, hybrid, and multi-cloud deployment approaches
- Understanding the business capabilities of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud
- Coffee break
- Understanding the business capabilities of Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google Cloud (continued)
- Connecting cloud adoption with agility, scalability, resilience, innovation, and customer experience
- Practical exercise: Identifying business capabilities and processes that could benefit from cloud-enabled transformation
Day 2
Cloud Migration, Application Modernization and Business Cases
- Assessing existing applications, infrastructure, data, dependencies, and business criticality before migration
- Evaluating migration approaches including rehosting, replatforming, refactoring, repurchasing, retaining, and retiring workloads
- Prioritizing cloud initiatives according to business value, complexity, risk, and strategic importance
- Developing cloud business cases covering investment requirements, operating costs, benefits, risks, and expected outcomes
- Coffee break
- Developing cloud business cases covering investment requirements, operating costs, benefits, risks, and expected outcomes (continued)
- Understanding modernization approaches involving cloud-native applications, APIs, containers, serverless services, and managed platforms from a management perspective
- Case study: Evaluating an application portfolio and developing a prioritized cloud migration and modernization plan
Day 3
Cloud Economics, Governance, Security and Operational Risk
- Comparing capital expenditure and operating expenditure considerations in cloud investment decisions
- Understanding cloud consumption, pricing models, budgeting, cost allocation, and financial accountability
- Applying FinOps principles to improve collaboration between technology, finance, and business teams
- Understanding cloud security responsibilities, identity and access management, data protection, and the shared responsibility model
- Coffee break
- Understanding cloud security responsibilities, identity and access management, data protection, and the shared responsibility model (continued)
- Managing resilience, business continuity, vendor dependency, service availability, and cloud-related operational risks
- Workshop: Reviewing a cloud programme from financial, security, governance, and business risk perspectives
Day 4
Cloud-Enabled Data, AI and Digital Business Transformation
- Connecting cloud platforms with enterprise data, analytics, business intelligence, and digital decision-making
- Understanding how cloud infrastructure supports artificial intelligence, generative AI, machine learning, and automation initiatives
- Modernizing business processes through cloud applications, integration, APIs, and workflow automation
- Using cloud capabilities to support digital products, customer platforms, remote collaboration, and scalable services
- Coffee break
- Using cloud capabilities to support digital products, customer platforms, remote collaboration, and scalable services (continued)
- Aligning technology modernization with business architecture, customer journeys, and organizational priorities
- Practical scenario: Designing a cloud-enabled transformation initiative combining data, AI, automation, and process improvement
Day 5
Leading Cloud Adoption and Building the Digital Transformation Roadmap
- Establishing cloud governance structures, decision rights, accountability, policies, and management oversight
- Identifying organizational capabilities, skills, roles, and operating model changes required for cloud adoption
- Managing stakeholder expectations, resistance, communication, and adoption during digital transformation
- Defining cloud and transformation KPIs covering cost, speed, resilience, adoption, customer value, and operational performance
- Coffee break
- Defining cloud and transformation KPIs covering cost, speed, resilience, adoption, customer value, and operational performance (continued)
- Prioritizing initiatives and developing phased implementation plans based on business value, dependencies, resources, and risk
- Capstone exercise: Developing and presenting a Cloud Computing and Digital Transformation Roadmap with strategic priorities, investment considerations, governance controls, and measurable business outcomes
Course FAQs
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What does Cloud Computing and Digital Transformation for Managers (DIT-017) cover?
This course covers Digital Innovation and Transformation through a structured five-day outline focused on practical application, discussion, and implementation planning.
When is the next available session?
The next scheduled session starts on 16 - 20 November 2026. See the course schedules section for the available dates and delivery formats.
Who should attend this course?
Executives and senior managers, Digital transformation leaders, IT managers and technology decision-makers
Is bilingual course delivery available?
Yes. All course materials and presentations are provided in English, while bilingual explanation and discussion support may be available depending on the selected location and trainer availability. For example, when attending a course in Istanbul, you may request a Turkish-speaking trainer to explain the English course content in Turkish. Arabic explanation support may also be requested at this location. Other languages are available in selected cities. You can choose your preferred language support as an optional preference during registration.
How can I register for a session?
Use any Register button next to the available course dates to open the participant registration page and submit your booking request for the selected session.
Is this course available online as well as classroom-based?
Check the course schedules section for currently published classroom and Online / Live sessions.
Where are classroom sessions delivered?
Current classroom venues include Barcelona, Dubai, Cape Town, Amsterdam, London, Istanbul, Munich, Paris, Frankfurt, Kuala lumpur, Rome, Vienna, Geneva, Madrid.
How long is the training programme?
The programme runs for five days from 09:00 to 14:00, which gives 25 contact hours, including a daily 30-minute break (22.5 hours of instruction).
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