"A boat doesn't go forward if each one is rowing their own way." Aligning a divided team on cloud project priorities requires clarity and collaboration. Here’s how I approach it: 🎯 Clarify Objectives: Set clear, shared goals that outline whether the focus is on performance, cost savings, or long-term growth. ⚖️ Evaluate Trade-offs: Facilitate discussions on performance vs. cost to identify solutions that strike the right balance for your needs. 🤝 Gather Input: Involve stakeholders from IT, finance, and operations to ensure decisions align with the broader business vision. #cloud #cloudcomputing #datacenters

To find common ground, it's important to make sure all team members agree that performance and cost can work hand-in-hand, rather than in opposition. Within cloud projects, this is where a well-architected framework needs to be established. I would suggest listing the pros and cons of both viewpoints, then establishing a well-architected framework that all team members can agree on, and then seeing where differences between team members can converge. This process makes sure your cloud projects are following architectural best practices and not being wasteful of cloud resources and thereby being more cost efficient. Every project must follow approved budgets, meet stakeholder and end user goals, be reliable, secure, and efficient.