{"id":180760,"date":"2024-03-15T21:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T20:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=180760"},"modified":"2024-02-28T22:05:22","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:05:22","slug":"gcp-caf-what-is-this-framework-how-do-i-use-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/gcp-caf-what-is-this-framework-how-do-i-use-it","title":{"rendered":"GCP CAF: What is this framework? How do I use it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"180760\" class=\"elementor elementor-180760\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8236b33 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"8236b33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-654b6c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"654b6c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">While the move to the cloud enables businesses to become more flexible and efficient, it also presents a number of challenges. Not only in terms of the technology stack used, but also in terms of the employees directly or indirectly involved, and more generally for all the organisation's processes. This is precisely why Google Cloud Platform offers its adoption framework. So what is it all about? What are the main principles of the GCP CAF? That's what we're going to look at in this article.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a57193 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"1a57193\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c45e79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c45e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is GCP CAF?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd34da6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd34da6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>GCP CAF is Google&#8217;s adoption framework.<\/strong> The aim is to help businesses adopt best practices for migrating their data to the cloud. These best practices concern technological tools, employees and processes.<\/p><p>For this <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/framework-what-is-it\">framework<\/a>, Google is essentially drawing on its experience. Indeed, the web giant was one of the first to operate entirely in the cloud. But it hasn&#8217;t always been easy. The company has also had to deal with problems of leadership, staff management, operational methodologies, software incompatibility, security, etc.<\/p><p>Not to mention the fact that Google has also helped other companies migrate their data to cloud services. So it is on the basis of all the lessons learned over the years that the web giant is offering its own<strong> cloud adoption framework.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75d8eec e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"75d8eec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c63bfe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4c63bfe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How does the GCP adoption framework work?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad958a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad958a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To successfully migrate to <strong>Google Cloud,<\/strong> businesses need to start by taking stock of their situation. Firstly, they need to identify their objectives and the resources they need to achieve them. Secondly, they need to assess their level of cloud maturity. This is precisely why the<strong> GCP CAF has defined 4 themes and 3 phases.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7966ef3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7966ef3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gcp-caf1.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c214162 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c214162\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn all about GCP CAF<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8bd8706 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8bd8706\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The 4 main themes of the GCP CAF<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e120a35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e120a35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The digital transformation of companies towards the cloud involves mastering the 4 areas below:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65ad9a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65ad9a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><i>1. Lead<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-604bd1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"604bd1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The success of a <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-cloud-quest-a-role-playing-game-for-cloud-computing-training\">cloud migration project<\/a> depends first and foremost on its employees, particularly the <strong>IT teams.<\/strong> Communication must be fluid between the various departments to encourage collaboration and motivation.<\/p><p>And while <strong>IT departments<\/strong> play a vital role in the development of this new organisation, so does management. Management must support the project by allocating the right budget for its successful implementation.<\/p><p>At this stage, a number of questions arise:<\/p><ul><li>How are the teams structured?<\/li><li>Are they cross-functional?<\/li><li>How involved is management?<\/li><li>How are cloud projects budgeted, managed and evaluated?<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cd42ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5cd42ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><i>2. Learning<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c84161e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c84161e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More specifically, this area of the<strong> GCP CAF<\/strong> involves continuous learning. But in order to learn continuously, companies need to make a major effort to develop the skills of their employees (particularly, but not only, in the IT department).<\/p><p>Above all, they need to encourage the sharing of knowledge both internally and externally (particularly with partners or expert service providers).<\/p><p>To master this area, organisations need to ask themselves a number of key questions:<\/p><ul><li>Who is involved?<\/li><li>To what extent?<\/li><li>How effective are the results?<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0f9828 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d0f9828\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><i>3. Scalability<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-219f5a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"219f5a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>One of the undeniable advantages of the cloud is its ability to scale. In other words, the ability to scale workloads quickly, without increasing costs. To achieve this, businesses need to use cloud-native services that can reduce operational overheads and automate manual processes and policies.<\/p><p>Here are the questions to ask:<\/p><ul><li>How do services scale in the cloud<\/li><li>How are workloads allocated?<\/li><li>How are updates managed?<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ad8adb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ad8adb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><i>4. Security<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-034d65c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"034d65c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>More than ever, businesses need to strengthen the security of their data and services in the cloud. To do this, they can make use of various <strong>Google Cloud Platform<\/strong> features, such as unauthorised access and identity-based multi-layer security models.<\/p><p>To find out how well you control security in the cloud, you can ask yourself the following questions:<\/p><ul><li>What controls are in place?<\/li><li>What data do you need to protect<\/li><li>What technologies are used?<\/li><li>What cloud strategy is being applied?<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252be4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"252be4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The maturity of organisations in terms of security very often depends on the 3 other themes of the GCP CAF.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4317ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f4317ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/gcp-caf2.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a57196e elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a57196e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/data-courses\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Understanding how GCP CAF works<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24ce0ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24ce0ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the 3 main stages?<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af30865 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"af30865\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>According to the GCP CAF, there are 3 levels of maturity for businesses when it comes to moving to the cloud.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d96490a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d96490a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><i>a. Tactic<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a54405a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a54405a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is the first stage where <strong>only individual workloads are in place.<\/strong> However, there is no plan or strategy encompassing all the tasks that need to be carried out to ensure the success of the project.<\/p><p>At this stage, organisations are primarily focused on cost reduction and migration with minimum possible disruption. In other words, it&#8217;s mainly a short-term strategy with the prospect of quick wins.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ba8108 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3ba8108\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><i>b. Strategy<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b855fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b855fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Companies have a broader vision, taking into account future needs and how they will evolve. The strategic phase often comes after some initial changes involving IT teams and their processes.<\/p><p>Already, companies can see a rationalisation of operations and an improvement in overall performance thanks to the exploitation of the cloud. This in turn increases the value delivered by IT services.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfe9a9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bfe9a9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><i>c. Transformation<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4402a90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4402a90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The final phase of the <strong>CAF GCP<\/strong> comes once all the operations in the cloud are working properly. At this stage, the company can migrate all its data and knowledge to the cloud.<\/p><p>Above all, it can develop new uses, such as transparent data sharing, <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/predictive-elevator-maintenance-challenges-and-technology\">predictive analysis<\/a> to improve decision-making,<a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/mlops-devops-applied-to-machine-learning-projects\"> machine learning<\/a> and so on. Here, it&#8217;s the long-term vision that counts, making data one of the organisation&#8217;s key drivers of innovation (and no longer a cost centre).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-547c955 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"547c955\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Each of these phases fits into the different themes of the GCP CAF.<\/p><p>And if you want to reach the final level of maturity, it&#8217;s best to train yourself in cloud best practice. Datascientest can help you do just that. 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