Pitching Infrastructure as a code (IaC) to Business Stakeholders
As a Cloud Architect, I have several times explained to our stakeholders regarding Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and how it makes our cloud project a no-brainer, especially for applications running on the cloud.
In every discussion, I keep explaining how all our development work can be super fast without any mistakes, reusable, and save us tons of time and money in the future.
The first question I always get is, what is wrong with the current manual ways, and it has served us well so far? Will the cost increase our short-term budget?
I take a deep breath and re-iterate that having a blueprint always saves time, increases accuracy, and saves costs in the long run. IaC simplifies future changes, and environments can be replicated without any major rework.
The gap between Business and IT often arises not due to the incapability of IaC but the challenge of translating its intricacies into a language both realms can comprehend. An Architect has to be persistent and repetitive.
With Cloud first implementations, surely there will be a time when Businesses in large organizations will take efficiency and automation seriously.
Originally published at https://www.shailendrabhatt.com.
