Triangle of Migrations
Large migrations require structure and discoveries
- Data migration, cloud migrations or transformations build on a solid structure that substitute for the lack of experience and knowledge for complex IT programs within the business.
- Understanding the fundamentality of large data migrations where employment of correct focus areas, correct planning and an optimized program structure will minimize the risk associated with the effort

The decisions to the 3 topics of the Migration Strategy and supporting migration architecture must be based on investigations and fact to avoid heavily delayed and costly extra effort. A poor and incomplete Discovery phase will lead to wrong decisions why an structured way of the 3 topics will ensure the correct guidance throughout the discovery phase.
The typical planning approach consist of the following phases:
At Avenue PM Consulting we have the experience in not only managing the orchestration for the above planning elements but also to lead the activities during the phase as well as manage the execution phase to an successfully program delivery.
Define and create the program organization
Develop the migration strategies
Prepare the source environment and ready the data centers
Build the infrastructures, applications, network and security components
Prepare and build the test strategy and materials
Migrate and synchronize the data
Perform rehearsals and migration events
Move to BAU and close the project.
Migration project will consist of waves mapped against an specific timeline.
Migration waves will most likely run in clearly structured but parallel phases. Waves can be differentiated based on their content and nature of the migrations approach and methodology

