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Subtask 4.2: Business ProcessesCI/CDCloud BuildTeam EnablementCase Study

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CASE STUDY: TechStream Gaming
Overview: Gaming company, 500 employees, $100M revenue. 200 on-prem servers (US/EU), MySQL 5TB. 2M peak users. $150K/mo cost.
Business Req: Reduce cost 40%, 5x growth, 3 new regions, daily deployments.
Execs: CEO wants scale; CFO caps budget at $100K/mo; CTO needs 99.95% uptime, notes team has limited cloud skills.
Tech Req: <100ms global latency, real-time analytics, 5x seasonal spikes, EU data residency, DDoS protection.
Constraints: 12-month migration, max 4-hour downtime.

QUESTION:
Which migration strategy should you recommend for the legacy gaming application to meet the 12-month timeline and team skill constraints?

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GCP PCA · Question 05 · Business Processes

CASE STUDY: TechStream Gaming
Overview: Gaming company, 500 employees, $100M revenue. 200 on-prem servers (US/EU), MySQL 5TB. 2M peak users. $150K/mo cost.
Business Req: Reduce cost 40%, 5x growth, 3 new regions, daily deployments.
Execs: CEO wants scale; CFO caps budget at $100K/mo; CTO needs 99.95% uptime, notes team has limited cloud skills.
Tech Req: <100ms global latency, real-time analytics, 5x seasonal spikes, EU data residency, DDoS protection.
Constraints: 12-month migration, max 4-hour downtime.

QUESTION:
How should you address the CTO's concern about the team's limited cloud experience while achieving the goal of daily deployments?

Q: CASE STUDY: TechStream Gaming Overview: Gaming company, 500 employees, $100M revenue. 200 on-prem servers (US/EU), MySQL 5TB. 2M peak users. $150K/mo cost. Business Req: Reduce cost 40%, 5x growth, 3 new regions, daily deployments. Execs: CEO wants scale; CFO caps budget at $100K/mo; CTO needs 99.95% uptime, notes team has limited cloud skills. Tech Req: <100ms global latency, real-time analytics, 5x seasonal spikes, EU data residency, DDoS protection. Constraints: 12-month migration, max 4-hour downtime. QUESTION: How should you address the CTO's concern about the team's limited cloud experience while achieving the goal of daily deployments?

Balance the technical requirement (CI/CD) with the business/human requirement (team enablement).

Q: What mistakes do candidates make on this GCP PCA question?

Choosing to avoid new tools (C) which fails the business requirement of faster deployments.

Answer options:

Hire a completely new team of GCP experts and fire the existing operations team.

Implement Cloud Build for CI/CD and provide targeted training on GCP managed services.

Continue using manual deployment scripts to avoid overwhelming the team with new tools.

Outsource all operations to a third-party managed service provider permanently.

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Balance the technical requirement (CI/CD) with the business/human requirement (team enablement).

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B.Implement Cloud Build for CI/CD and provide targeted training on GCP managed services.✓ Correct

To achieve daily deployments, a CI/CD pipeline like Cloud Build is necessary. To address the skill gap, investing in training and utilizing managed services (which require less operational overhead) is the best architectural and business decision.

Common mistakes

Choosing to avoid new tools (C) which fails the business requirement of faster deployments.

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