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Method

Four migration phases, NGT's steps against Google's, and the Cloud Adoption Framework.

AssessmentPlanningPilot (MVP)LaunchPilot first

Four phases of a Google Cloud migration

A pilot runs as a minimum viable product before the full launch.

01Assessment
- Infrastructure, applications, dependencies
- Usage, billing and inventory
Pain points and business driversReview · adjust · align · comply
02Planning and proposal
- Migration team with key stakeholders
- Target architecture and services
- Phased roadmap by workload
Plan with cost, governance and securityReview · adjust · align · comply
03Pilot (MVP)
- One low-risk workload
- Performance, stability and cost checked
Lessons learned, approach adjustedReview · adjust · align · comply
04Launch
- Remaining workloads by proven patterns
- Autoscaling and cost optimisation
- Monitoring and logging on
Workloads live on Google Cloud

NGT's steps, Google's migration phases and the tools

NGT step	Google Cloud phase	Tools
Assessment	Assess	Migration Center, billing and usage data
MVP / PoC	Plan, then a first deploy	Terraform foundation, Migrate to Virtual Machines
Planning	Plan	Wave plan, project factory
Implementation	Deploy	Migrate to Virtual Machines, Database Migration Service, Cloud Build
Operation	Optimize	Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Logging, budgets

Google Cloud Adoption Framework

Four themes NGT checks in every assessment, from tactical to transformational.

Google Cloud Adoption FrameworkTactical → strategic → transformational

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Learn

Skills in the customer's team, with experienced engineers alongside.

Always onAssessed at the start, reviewed after each phase

SourcesNGT Google Cloud Service Offering v0.1FPT Software Hanoi Google Cloud Service Offering v1.1 (2022)NGT Service Offering v2.0 (Mar 2025)FPT Software Hanoi certification register (Nov 2024; 2025 records)NGT engineer profiles, a sample of 38 (Nov 2024 – Mar 2026)Google Cloud Adoption Framework