1. American Airlines Cloud Transformation Case Study Team 5 Memebers: Samjhana Pudasaini LaCona Smith Clayton Simms Abdullahi Hassanley University of Maryland Professor Rana Khan Course Name: DL 600T 9041 September 12th, 2023

2. Case Overview  Legacy systems constrained innovation  Cloud, microservices adopted to transform  Business and IT alignment critical  Faster delivery and scalability achieved

3. Challenges: Inflexible Legacy Systems  Monolithic code duplicated across silos  Changes slow and complex to implement  Limited ability to improve customer experience  Recognized sweeping transformation required

4. Transformation Decisions and Outcomes  Adopted cloud, microservices, DevOps, agile  Aligned business and IT via collaboration  Reduced development cycles from 9 to 4.5 months  Boosted scalability, reliability and innovation

5. Recommendations  Continue close business and IT collaboration  Leverage agility to refine apps based on feedback  Expand self-service capabilities to reduce costs  Sustain gains through training and communities

6. American Airlines. (n.d.). Www.ibm.com. https://www.ibm.com/case- studies/american-airlines Reference

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