Andreas Jede and Frank Teuteberg
Managing the Cloud Procurement Process – Findings from a Case Study
378 - 388
2015
9
2
International Journal of Economics and Management Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000357
https://publications.waset.org/vol/98
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Cloud computing (CC) has already gained overall
appreciation in research and practice. Whereas the willingness to
integrate cloud services in various IT environments is still unbroken,
the previous CC procurement processes run mostly in an unorganized
and nonstandardized way. In practice, a sufficiently specific, yet
applicable business process for the important acquisition phase is
often lacking. And research does not appropriately remedy this
deficiency yet. Therefore, this paper introduces a fieldtested
approach for CC procurement. Based on an extensive literature
review and augmented by expert interviews, we designed a model
that is validated and further refined through an indepth reallife case
study. For the detailed process description, we apply the eventdriven
process chain notation (EPC). The gained valuable insights into the
case study may help CC research to shift to a more sociotechnical
area. For practice, next to giving useful organizational instructions
we will provide extended checklists and lessons learned.
Open Science Index 98, 2015