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Stages of a successful data migration project

Data Migration
Posted May 28, 2019
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Stages of a successful data migration project

Moving years worth of data from your old CRM, ERP or HR system to a new one? Or moving to a more powerful infrastructure or to the cloud? Data migration projects require (and deserve) proper planning.

To help you get going, we’re breaking down the 13 most important stages of a data migration.

For a more in-depth look at these 13 stages, download our Guide to Data Migration Projects.

Stage 1: Scope your data migration process

Work with a minimal data set for the migration, but don't lose the big picture. The migration likely coincides with a larger plan of data connections between systems, so don’t forget about them.

Stage 2: Find teams and resources

You need close cooperation from business leads who deeply understand the system in question. Make sure to secure access permissions for the implementation team.

Stage 3: Plan your migration carefully

Plan for "always complete deliveries." Split the workload into standalone phases (milestones) that can be presented to users and tested independently and viewed as complete. And, of course, always have a Plan B.

Read more: Planning and surviving a data migration

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Stage 4: Data discovery

This tracks alongside the planning of Stage 3. You can hardly establish a realistic plan without understanding the data you're dealing with. You need tools and expertise to analyze the actual contents of the data. Only then can you fully cover the whole extent of the project.

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Stage 5: Plan your budget

Understand your scope and determine the involvement of your tech teams and external contractors. Who’s managing the project? What are the external resources billing you for and what are you signing off on?

Stage 6: Milestone start

Ensure that everyone clearly understands the scope, goals, and planned deliveries for each milestone. Remember: "Always complete" deliveries!

Stage 7: Implementation

Forget fixing data in Excel! That would be your last resort. A repeatable migration process is the key to success, so work towards as much automation as possible.

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Stage 8: Milestone testing

Get everyone on board with testing regularly. Don't wait to pull the curtain; be transparent and test as often as you can.

And ALWAYS test on the full data set.

Stage 9: Reiteration

You WILL have to go back and change things. You WILL have to redo some parts. Migrations are prone to scope adjustments and depend on changes in the target implementation and on the human factor. If you can build a system for automated data migration, so much the better.

Stage 10: Project sign-off

All milestones met? No more calls for one last iteration? Well, there is one more—the final one. Make sure everything is tested and that you've got a checklist of actions required for go-live handy.

Stage 11: Go-live

It’s the big day! Or is it? If you’ve kept true to designing repeatable automated processes that take care of most of the data heavy lifting, this will just be “another run.” If not, don't forget your rollback plan!

Stage 12: Ongoing data integration

So you've switched over to the new systems and all is well. Congratulations! Now we can tell you the big secret: the migration was just a warm-up.

The real fun begins with the new system in place. Go back to the big picture and imagine all the data that will need to be connected on a continuous basis, be it real-time synchronization or regular offloads to some BI or analytics storage platform

Stage 13: Contingency

No matter how hard you try, and no matter how much you test, there's always going be a moment when you realize you missed something. If you’ve worked towards having automation and a solid method for repeatability, omissions should be simple to manage.


If you want to read more about these stages in depth, including some advice to help you not only get results more quickly, but also adopt changes fast enough to keep users interested and on board with the project, read our Guide to Data Migration Projects.

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