This whitepaper is for historical reference only. Some content might be outdated and some links might not be available. # Conclusion Governance is a critical ingredient of successful cloud transformation efforts. Effective governance will help you accelerate and orchestrate your cloud initiatives while maximizing organizational benefits and minimizing transformation-related risks. Implementing the seven capabilities described in this paper will help you identify and remove blockers, reach alignment on goals, progress, and achievements, and ultimately accelerate organizational change. ## See also * **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS Whitepapers. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query whitepapers` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).