This model uses a three layer approach for the cost-benefit analysis and draws insights on profitability when an organization shifts to cloud computing in each layer. The three layers are base cost estimation, data pattern based cost estimation and project specific cost estimation.

The appropriate starting point based on the multi-criteria evaluation was the cost–benefit analysis (CBA) approach for cloud computing (CC). A multi-method approach (systematic literature review, analysis of real cloud computing services, expert interview, case study) was applied in order to develop and evaluate the formal model.

This model uses a three layer approach for the cost-benefit analysis and draws insights on profitability when an organization shifts to cloud computing in each layer.

The aim of this paper is to introduce the expression of efficiency of the adoption of cloud computing in the Czech Republic, using the Cost Benefit Analysis method. The article will firstly specify the qualitative and quantitative benefits of cloud computing.

The use of cost-benefit analysis to evaluate decisions in various areas of software engineering, such as adoption of cloud computing (Maresova et al. 2017; Chandra...