http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2012/05/01/preparation-is-key-to-a-successful-cloud-deployment.aspxIf you want to be wise, watch the actions and outcomes of others. Emulate the successful actions, and avoid the actions that cause failure. That’s true in life in general - and in technology projects in specific.&#160; I’ve worked with several clientsen-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/buckwoody/archive/2012/05/01/preparation-is-key-to-a-successful-cloud-deployment.aspx#10299512Tue, 01 May 2012 14:39:57 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:10299512Wzack<p>Excellent advice. And since you shared the statisticians joke with us here is another one about statistics” “With your head in the refrigerator and your feet in the oven on the average you feel fine”. :-)</p> <p>A while back Hanu Kommalapati and I published an article in InfoQ on The Software as a Service Development Life Cycle (See <a rel="nofollow" target="_new" href="http://www.infoq.com/articles/SaaS-Lifecycle">www.infoq.com/.../SaaS-Lifecycle</a>). It took the standard SDLC model and discussed in detail how to modify it for a company’s first Cloud project.</p> <p>Keep up the good work</p> <p>Bill Zack</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=10299512" width="1" height="1">