In this stage, you should center around both of the past stages (methodology stage and planning stage). Furthermore, you have to consider:
- Choice of cloud provider: You should choose a cloud provider in light of service level agreement offered by it. The level of service offered by the provider is characterized by its SLA.
- Upkeep and technical assistance: The cloud provider needs to guarantee the QoS as upkeep and technical assistance are its responsibilities.
The following image is the cloud adoption framework that is suggested by Gartner:
