Transforming Your Business with AWS: Getting the Most Out of Using AWS Cloud to Modernize and Innovate Your Digital Services

Length: 336 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: Wiley
Publication Date: 2021-11-09
ISBN-10: 1119815975
ISBN-13: 9781119815976
Sales Rank: #8177673 (See Top 100 Books)

Expert guidance on how to use Amazon Web Services to supercharge your digital services business

In Transforming Your Business with AWS: Getting the Most Out of Using AWS to Modernize and Innovate Your Digital Services, renowned international consultant and sought-after speaker Philippe Abdoulaye delivers a practical and accessible guide to using Amazon Web Services to modernize your business and the digital services you offer. This book provides you with a concrete action plan to build a team capable of creating world-class digital services and long-term competitive advantages.

You’ll discover what separates merely average digital service organizations from the truly outstanding, as well as how moving to the cloud will enable your business to deliver your services faster, better, and more efficiently.

This book also includes:

A comprehensive overview of building industry-leading digital service delivery capabilities, including discussions of the development lifecycle, best practices, and AWS-based development infrastructure
Explanations of how to implement a digital business transformation strategy
An exploration of key roles like DevOps Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment, Continuous Integration, Automation, and DevSecOps
Hands-on treatments of AWS application management tools, including Elastic Beanstalk, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline

Perfect for executives, managers, and other business leaders attempting to clarify and implement their organization’s digital vision and strategy, Transforming Your Business with AWS is a must-read reference that answers the “why” and, most importantly, the “how,” of digital transformation with Amazon Web Services.

Cover
Table of Contents
Title Page
Introduction
    Reader Support for This Book
Part I: Understanding the Digital Transformation Challenges
    Chapter 1: The Digital Economy's Challenges, Opportunities, and Relevance of AWS
        Understanding the Digital Economy's Impacts
        Changes in the AWS Implementation Paradigm
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 2: What Is a Digital Product?
        Differences Between Digital Products and Digital Services
        Anatomy of the Digital Product
        Impacts on Digital Product and Service Development
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 3: Digital Product and Service Development Challenges
        What Is Digital Product and Service Development?
        Digital Product and Service Development Approach Evaluation
        Challenges of Current Digital Product Development
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 4: Industrializing Digital Product and Service Development
        The Total Quality Management and Mass Production Heritage
        Industrialization Factors
        Understanding DevOps as the Framework for Implementing Your Digital Product and Service Development Platform
        AWS Industrialization Factors
        Key Takeaways
        References
Part II: Digitizing the Business Model Using AWS
    Chapter 5: The J&S Food Digital Transformation Project
        History of J&S Food, Inc.
        Transformation Journey's First Stage: Planning the Transformation
        The Kickoff Meeting
        The J&S Food Digital Transformation Project's Statement of Work
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 6: Rethinking J&S Food's Business
        Transformation Journey's Second Stage: Rethinking the Business
        Understanding J&S Food's Current Business
        Assessing the As‐Is Operational Model
        Defining the Future Digital Business Model
        Integrating J&S Food's Digital Operational Model with the Organization
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 7: Digitizing J&S Food's Business Model Using AWS—Implementing the VPC
        Transformation Journey's Third Stage: Digitizing the Business Model
        Defining J&S Food's AWS Migration Strategy
        Sharing J&S Food's Digital Business Model
        Defining the J&S Food's Digital Business Application Portfolio
        Specifying J&S Food's Virtual Private Cloud Architecture
        Executing J&S Food's AWS Migration Strategy
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 8: Implementing J&S Food's DevOps Platform Using AWS PaaS
        Transformation Journey's Third Stage: Implementing J&S Food's DevOps Platform
        Understanding What J&S Food Is Trying to Achieve
        Understanding the DevOps Implementation in the AWS Computing Environment
        Implementing J&S Food's Digital Product and Service Development Platform
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 9: Developing J&S Food's Innovation as a Service Platform Using AWS
        Transformation Journey's Third Stage: Developing J&S Food's Innovation as a Service
        Software Engineering Methodology for Innovations Development in the AWS Cloud
        Implementing the Microservices Architecture of the Digital Product and Service
        Key Takeaways
        References
Part III: Developing World-Class Digital Products and Services Using AWS
    Chapter 10: J&S Food's Smart Shopping Bag Digital Product Project
        Transformation Journey's Fourth Stage: Experimenting with the Digital Business Model
        The Smart Shopping Bag Project Overview
        The Smart Shopping Bag Project's Organization
        The Smart Shopping Bag Project's Opportunity Statement
        The Smart Shopping Bag Project's Objectives
        The Smart Shopping Bag Project's Scope
        The Pilot Project Management
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 11: Specifying J&S Food's Smart Shopping Bag Digital Product
        Transformation Journey's Fourth Stage: Specification of the Smart Shopping Bag Digital Product
        Specifying the Smart Shopping Bag Digital Product's Scope
        Specifying the Smart Shopping Bag's Functions Using Sequence Diagrams
        Specifying the Smart Shopping Business Rules Using Class Diagram
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 12: Designing J&S Food's Smart Shopping Bag Digital Product
        Transformation Journey's Fourth Stage: Designing the Smart Shopping Bag Digital Product
        The Agile Operational Model Confirmed as the Foundation of J&S Food's Work Organization
        The Resulting Smart Shopping Bag's Architecture
        Acquired Digital Business Competency: Digital Products and Services Architecture Design
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 13: Prototyping J&S Food's Smart Shopping Bag Using Innovation as a Service
        Transformation Journey's Fourth Stage: Prototyping the Smart Shopping Bag's Application
        Sharing the Prototyping Process Goal and Approach
        The Smart Shopping Bag Application Prototype
        The Business Logic, Technological, and UI Microservices Prototyped
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 14: Implementing J&S Food's Smart Shopping Bag Application
        Transformation Journey's Fourth Stage: Implementing the Smart Shopping Bag's Production Release
        The Smart Shopping Bag App: Production Release
        Understanding the Pivotal Role Played by Agile Methodologies
        The Development Team's Feedback: Lessons Learned
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 15: Launching J&S Food's First Digital Food Product
        Transformation Journey's Fourth Stage: Deploy J&S Food's Digital Business
        Defining J&S Food's Go‐To‐Market Strategy
        Understanding J&S Food's Go‐To‐Market Strategy
        Declaring J&S Food's Digital Business Opened
        Key Takeaways
        References
    Chapter 16: Maintaining and Supporting J&S Food's Digital Business on a Daily Basis
        The New J&S Food Day‐to‐Day Business
        J&S Food's Customer Value Creation Virtuous Circle
        Customer Insights Management on a Daily Basis
        Customer Value Increase Management's Day‐to‐Day Operations
        Digital Product and Service Releases Development
        Key Takeaways
        References
Index
Copyright
Dedication
About the Author
About the Technical Editor
Acknowledgments
End User License Agreement