Assessments
Data Migration Service
ETL Solutions Ltd

How sure are you that you have the best practices and staff to make your project a success?

Data Migration Service

Assessments
These second party assessments cover two areas: project assessment and staff competency. They may be used individually or together before the migration starts to define best practice, as a ‘rescue’ service when the project is not going to plan, or if it is felt guidance to prevent failure is needed.

Issue
Data migration is usually a component of an important business programme such as implementing a new application, a merger, acquisition or divestiture. Migrating critical business or technical data is not an everyday activity for most organisations. It is often an afterthought and considered a purely technical discipline. If the business does not own and mitigate risk in the delivery of a data migration it can have profound impact on the overall success of the project. Sixty percent of data migration projects over-run or fail for a variety of reasons. The way organisations operate, store and use their information and knowledge is complicated. The success of a new system from a technical and business perspective often depends on the movement of the data to the exact requirements of the business. Complicating matters further, stakeholders can be from all areas of the business and from external bodies such as regulatory authorities. Reviewing best practice at the start of or during a project can mitigate issues and bring a project back on target.

Solution
Our project assessment recommends best practice strategies for your project, consistent with open standards and published migration methodologies. Our staff competency assessment ensures people with appropriate skills are involved.

Data Migration Competency Framework (DMCF)
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