Planning Your Migration Project

With a successful project justification and approvals in place, you need to start building a vital infrastructure that will make the migration successful. This section details the tasks involved in planning a migration project. From a high level, building the infrastructure involves the following tasks:

  • Defining scope

  • Understanding risks and planning contingencies

  • Organizing the project team

  • Developing a project plan

While the earlier chapters of this book focused on the reasons behind migrations and general technical strategies to approach them, this section starts addressing the logistics involved with turning a migration plan into a reality. It takes you through a detailed implementation of the migration methodology, ...

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