In one or more embodiments, a system defines a plurality of waves for performing a set of scheduled operations on a set of cloud targets within a particular time window, where the plurality of waves includes a first wave for performing scheduled operations on a first subset of cloud target and a second wave for performing scheduled operations on a second subset of cloud targets. During the first wave, a first subset of scheduled operations within the particular time window are performed on two or more target resources from the first subset of target resources. The system determines a rate of success for performing the first subset of scheduled operations on the two or more target resources from the first subset of target resources. If the rate of success does not satisfy the threshold, then the system delays or cancels operations from subsequent waves including the second subset of operations.