A Quality Assured Framework for Cloud Adaptation and Modernization of Enterprise Applications

Cloud Computing has emerged as a viable alternative to in-house computing resources for many organisations. It offers an alternative solution for many enterprise applications, particularly large-scale legacy applications. In addition, it can offer a cost effective strategy for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) where the high set-up and maintenance cost of computing resources can be prohibiting. Thus, in this paper a System Migration Life Cycle (SMLC) framework is proposed, which includes a step by-stepmigration strategy that is descriptive at the business analyst level and based on quality metrics modelling at the technical level, to estimate the potential computational needs, risks, and costs for an organisation. The proposed framework is generic and adaptable in order to accommodate various organisational requirements, thus covering a wide range of enterprise applications and following a number of novel software requirements and quality engineering principles.