Compress months of modernisation into 3 days
Break the ‘analysis paralysis’. LSD Open brings your business, security, and engineering teams together to solve complex cloud challenges in real-time through immersive Experience-Based Acceleration (EBA).
Why do 70% of cloud projects stall?
Why do 70% of cloud projects stall?
Moving to the cloud isn’t just a technology change; it’s a culture change. Industry data shows that 70% of cloud adoption friction is non-technical – it is caused by organisational inertia, siloed teams, fear of breaking legacy systems, and endless ‘ticket queues’. Traditional consulting delivers a PDF roadmap that collects dust. LSD Open delivers a working outcome. We use AWS-backed EBA methodology to replace weeks of meetings with days of “doing”.
What is an EBA?
An EBA is a transformation methodology designed to compress time. We bring cross-functional teams – developers, ops, security, and business stakeholders into a single room (in-person or virtual) for an immersive three-day sprint.
Remove Friction
No emails. No ticket queues. Decision-makers are in the room to unblock issues instantly.
Learn by Doing
Your team doesn't just watch; they build. This upskills your workforce on AWS services in real-time.
Production-ready
The goal isn't a prototype; it's a production ready MVP deployed by the end of Day 3.
The Four Types of EBA
The Four Types of EBA
Choose the right accelerator for your requirements. LSD Open tailors the EBA format to your specific bottleneck. If you are not sure which EBA is best suited to your needs, LSD Open can guide you through the selection process.
Migration EBA
Focus: Velocity and Migration
Best For: Organisations exiting a data centre or needing to move workloads to AWS.
Outcome: Validated Landing Zone, established migration patterns, and live-migrated servers.
Modernisation EBA (ModAx)
Focus: Refactoring and Cloud Native
Best For: Moving from legacy monoliths to microservices, containers, and serverless.
Outcome: Legacy applications refactored (e.g. .NET to Linux), containerised, and deployed with modern CI/CD pipelines.
Innovation EBA
Focus: New value creation
Best For: Prototyping new product ideas, integrating AI/ML, or leveraging Generative AI.
Outcome: A functioning prototype or MVP of a new business product using cutting-edge AWS services.
FinOps EBA
Focus: Cost Optimisation and Governance
Best For: Organisations with spiralling cloud costs or lack of visibility.
Outcome: Finance and engineering aligned, wasted spend identified, and automated cost-control guardrails implemented.
Client Success Story - The Purple Group
How Purple Group modernised a legacy monorepo in 3 days:
The Purple Group, the company behind the leading investment platform EasyEquities, had a vision to “containerise everything”. But a massive legacy .NET Framework monolith was holding them back.
In a single Modernisation EBA with LSD Open and AWS, they achieved the impossible:
Months into Days
Refactored a critical Client Entity API from .NET Framework 4 to .NET Core 8 running on Linux containers.
Weekends Back
Implemented Argo rollouts for Blue/Green deployments, eliminating the need for 3:00 AM maintenance windows.
Silo Busting
DBAs and DevOps engineers collaborated to map "unknown" database dependencies for a future move to PostgreSQL.
How It Works
How It Works
An EBA isn’t just about the three days; it’s a structured 4-6 week engagement to ensure success.
Step 1:
Assess & Architect (Week 1) – We run a deep-dive workshop to analyse your application portfolio, identify the “North Star” metrics, and select the best candidate for the MVP. We map out your technical and functional architecture. An AWS Well-Architected Review takes place during this step.
Step 2:
Plan & Enable (Weeks 2-5) – LSD Open prepares the runway. This includes setting up the AWS Landing Zone, defining the backlog, and running “Immersion Days” to train your team on the specific tools (Terraform, Kubernetes, etc.) that they will use.
Step 3:
The EBA Party (3-Day Workshop) – The main event! A high-energy, gamified sprint.
- Day 1: Kick-off & building.
- Day 2: Troubleshooting & Integration.
- Day 3: Final polish & demo to leadership.
Step 4:
Scale (Post-Event) – We don’t just leave. LSD Open helps you operationalise the wins, clearing the backlog, and establish a roadmap to apply these new patterns across the rest of your organisation.
The Value/ROI
Tangible business beneftis:
Speed to Market
Reduce release cycles from months to hours.
Secure by Design
Implement compliance and security guardrails from the very first line of code.
Skills Transfer
Your team learns more in 3 days of EBA than 6 months of training courses.
Cost Efficiency
Identify waste and optimise architecture for long-term savings.
Why LSD Open?
Why LSD Open?
Why is LSD Open the right cloud modernisation partner for you?
Modernisation First
LSD Open doesn't just patch servers; we look for opportunities to containerise (Amazon EKS) and automate.
Outcomes, Not Hours
LSD Open focuses on the Improve phase. We want to get you to the "Green" state so that you can focus on innovation.
AWS Certified
LSD Open brings deep cloud-native expertise to the review. LSD Open is an AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner and a member of the AWS Well-Architected Partner Program.
Get in Touch with LSD Open
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