CBOD

Scientific programme and project structure

The scientific program of CBOD consists of modeling cloud-based situations in different business and organizational contexts, and the elaborating tools (both conceptual and technical) to be used for conducting this assessment and evaluation of cloud-based solutions. Two contexts will be morev specifically considered: economic modeling and adoption modeling in relation to cloud–based information
systems.

More precisely, the program is composed of the different tasks:

• TASK 1: Cloud Computing: the Conceptual and Analytical Foundation
  The goal is to set up the foundation of the project, notably by making an overview of the state of the art of cloud computing from a non-technical perspective, and contribute to the establishment of a common ground amongst the partners.
• TASK 2. Preparing the Initial Model (Inria/Paris-Sud)
  It will be aimed at elaborating an economic modeling of cloud computing systems and technologies.
• TASK 3: Business Design (Paris-Sud/TPT)
  The objective is the analysis of the different modeling advanced approaches (agent-based, system dynamics, etc.), and in the elaboration of the CBOD modeling toolbox (conceptual and technical).
• TASK 4: Exploration of organizational appropriation or rejection Cloud Computing solutions (TPT/Paris-Sud)
  Addresses the modeling of the adoption of the cloud in the organisations.
• TASK 5: Modeling and simulation of scenarii (all)
  1. It is first aimed at modeling the different non-technical aspects of cloud computing systems using the CBOD toolbox, and notably the economic models and the adoption models developed in Task 2 and Task 4.
  2. This task will also assess the different modeling approaches (and more specifically the CBOD toolbox).
  3. Finally, we will summarize the findings of the project in relation to the non-technical aspects of cloud computing.
• TASK 6: Management, coordination and dissemination