Everyone talks about ๐ฉ๐ค๐ค๐ก๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐จ โ but the real challenges of cloud migrations often live below the surface.
Here are the invisible challenges no one warns you about:
โ ๏ธ 1. ๐๐ฐ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐ฌ
Everyone is โinvolvedโ โ but no one is responsible.
Migration stalls in the grey zones.
๐ 2. ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฌ
No runbooks.
No monitoring.
No rollback plans.
Issues waiting to explode at cutover.
๐ 3. ๐๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ง ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ
Some apps fly.
Some crawl.
But the migration date?
Same for all. Pressure guaranteed.
๐จ 4. ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌ ๐
๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ง ๐๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐จ ๐๐๐ญ๐
Most โcritical blockersโ were actually early signalsโฆ
just never captured, assessed, or tracked.
This is where ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ (๐๐) changes the game.
โจ A strong OR discipline turns complexity into predictability:
โ๏ธ Early identification of gaps
โ๏ธ Structured assessments
โ๏ธ Cross-team alignment
โ๏ธ Zero-surprise cutovers
โ๏ธ Reduced operational risk post-go-live
๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐
๐๐โ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
They fail due to lack of readiness.
When ๐๐ is done right, go-lives feel less like firefightingโฆand more like a well-rehearsed launch.