
Five guiding principles—executive directives, learning mindset with Cloud Center of Excellence, service enablement, migration candidate queuing, and tailored testing—accelerate enterprise on-premises migration to AWS while reducing costs and delivery risks.


<div><p>This article outlines five guiding principles for accelerating large-scale enterprise migrations from on-premises to AWS, based on AWS Professional Services experience.</p><ul><li>Issue top-down executive directive with clear goals and success criteria for cloud adoption</li><li>Establish learning mindset and Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) for organizational upskilling</li><li>Enable required AWS services through allow-listing process, starting with foundational services</li><li>Build healthy migration candidate queue with prioritization criteria and wave planning</li><li>Develop tailored testing approach based on migration methodology and compliance requirements</li></ul><p>Following these principles helps organizations achieve accelerated migration timelines, reduced costs, and lower delivery risk.</p></div>


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