Strategy: Define the business outcomes and drivers for cloud adoption, identify the stakeholders and sponsors, and establish the vision and principles for the cloud journey.

Plan: Assess the current state of the organization, its readiness and maturity for cloud adoption, and the gaps and risks that need to be addressed. Define the scope, objectives, and roadmap for the cloud adoption project, and allocate the resources and budget accordingly.

Ready: Prepare the organization for cloud adoption by setting up the governance, compliance, security, and operational models, as well as the cloud platform and tools. Train and enable the staff, partners, and vendors on the cloud skills and best practices.

Adopt: Execute the cloud adoption project by migrating or deploying workloads to the cloud, following the defined architecture, design, and processes. Validate the functionality, performance, and quality of the cloud solutions, and ensure a smooth transition and handover to the operations team.

Govern: Monitor and control the cloud environment, ensuring that it meets the business needs, service levels, and compliance standards. Implement policies, processes, and tools to manage the cloud costs, security, performance, and usage. Continuously review and improve the cloud governance model based on the feedback and metrics.

Manage: Operate and optimize the cloud environment, ensuring that it delivers value and innovation to the organization. Implement processes and tools to automate, scale, and troubleshoot the cloud workloads. Continuously evaluate and update the cloud solutions based on the changing business and technical requirements.