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Step by step: Migration
methodology

12th October, 2018

Every step of the process is validated and signed off by you to ensure complete peace of mind.

1. Pre-Engagement

Ensures scope of work is commonly understood and correct resources are aligned. Includes migration readiness assessment.

2. Assess

Pre-migration assessment of your current environment. Expert deep-dive analysis, mapping out dependencies, services & applications.

3. Design

Appropriate migration strategy designed for each workload based on industry best practices.

4. Planning

Migration runbook created to ensure predictable steps with predictable costs. Detailed schedule to minimise operational disruption and risk of downtime.

5. Build & implementation

Working directly with platform-build teams to ensure correct platform construction.

6. Migrate

Execution of safe and orderly migration following best practice across a range of technologies and testing approaches.

7. Hyper Care

Migration validated against success criteria defined by you. Includes health checks to ensure stability and continuity in immediate post-migration period.

8. Close

Final analysis and lessons learned to improve any future moves.