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**Adoption management checklist**
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The objective of this activity is to ensure the effectiveness of Change Acceleration activities and gauge overall cloud migration adoption. The People & Change team validates that leaders /champions are prepared and engaged, and key stakeholders are informed and understand the benefits and business value of moving to a new operational model. This activity assumes all foundational Change Acceleration plans are developed and approved for execution including, change, communication, risk and training strategies and plans.

**Critical success factors for successful transformation and adoption**
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Throughout the journey, it is important to remember and reference the key success factors that make the cloud migration adoption a success.

*   **Visible and committed leadership** ("management driving the change")
    
    *   Do we have the necessary support and involvement from those that direct the business and carry power?
        
*   **Compelling need for change** ("establishing a high enough sense of urgency")
    
    *   Is there a clear and widespread understanding of the strategic and business rationale for this change?
        
*   **Clarity of direction** ("grounding the vision of the desired state")
    
    *   Is the project vision and scope communicated and understood?
        
*   **Broad-based participation** ("engage key impacted audiences")
    
    *   Are we encouraging buy-in and participation of key stakeholders throughout the org?
        
*   **Targeted and effective communications** ("adapting the communication strategy")
    
    *   Do we have acceptance and buy-in through key messages and effective feedback?
        
*   **Single program focus** ("prioritizing projects and allocating resources")
    
    *   Do we have a coherent decision-making /management system to align/integrate related activities across the program and org?
        
*   **Measurable goals** ("setting reachable milestones")
    
    *   Do we have clearly defined and measurable objectives to drive performance, rewards and funding?
        
*   **Disciplined project management** ("running the project effectively")
    
    *   Do we use solid methodology and support functions to add structure and consistency to the project?
        

**Adoption management checklist**
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The abridged checklist below contains adoption Change Acceleration tasks that require tracking and execution to support the cloud migration effort and successfully drive adoption.

| # | Adoption Management Tasks | Completed | In progress | Not Started | N/A |
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|   1   |   Leaders are aligned, engaged and visibly supportive   |     |     |     |     |
|   2   |   Leaders have action plans, tools and materials to support the initiative   |     |     |     |     |
|   3   |   Managers are involved and participating in transition activities   |     |     |     |     |
|   4   |   SMEs Champions are on boarded and actively supporting the initiative as needed   |     |     |     |     |
|   5   |   Key stakeholders are aware of the initiative, its benefits and business value   |     |     |     |     |
|   6   |   Key stakeholders understand and can explain the impacts and changes to their organization   |     |     |     |     |
|   7   |   Internal and external audiences are accounted for in stakeholder matrix   |     |     |     |     |
|   8   |   Two-way communication vehicles are in place for sharing information   |     |     |     |     |
|   9   |   Portal is in place with project information vision, overview, impacts, timeline, faqs.   |     |     |     |     |
|   10   |   Process for measuring and tracking engagement activities is in place   |     |     |     |     |
|   11   |   Process for identifying and mitigating risk is in place   |     |     |     |     |
|   12   |   Change Engagement and preparation activities planned, schedule and on track   |     |     |     |     |
|   13   |   Feedback is being captured and incorporated into communication and training materials   |     |     |     |     |
|   14   |   Survey results tracking readiness activities is trending positively in high percentiles   |     |     |     |     |
|   15   |   Training audiences are identified and mapped to future state training   |     |     |     |     |
|   16   |   Training calendar, curriculum and course materials are developed   |     |     |     |     |
|   17   |   Training audiences are enrolled in training   |     |     |     |     |
|   18   |   Survey results tracking training activities is trending positively in high percentiles   |     |     |     |     |
|   19   |   Training attendance and completion report is within 80-100%   |     |     |     |     |
|   20   |   Overall readiness, preparation, satisfaction survey tracking within 80-100%   |     |     |     |     |
|   21   |   Continuous monitoring and tracking processes are in place   |     |     |     |     |

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