Synopsis

The project leader plays a critical role in ensuring a successful data migration but exactly what responsibilities and activities should project leaders fulfill?

This guidebook provides the answers with a series of detailed sections including essential activities such as planning, forecasting, risk management, team selection, communication and collaboration.

Introduction

Data migration projects can pose significant challenges for project leaders. As a discipline, data migration is still in its relative infancy. There is a noticeable lack of industry associations, formal education and published best practices compared to similar disciplines such as data warehousing, data quality and data integration.

There are many pitfalls awaiting the poorly skilled and inexperienced project leader and as a result far more data migration projects fail than succeed. The aim of this guidebook is to help reverse this trend by providing expert advice and a set of best practices to help chart your data migration project to future success.

Who Should Read This Guidebook?

This guidebook is of value to data migration project leaders but will also benefit:

• Project sponsors
• Data quality analysts
• Software developers
• Business analysts

In fact, anyone who needs to interact with the project will find the guidebook useful because it provides a thorough account of the activities and responsibilities required throughout.

Why Should You Read This Guidebook?

The practical techniques and advice found within the guidebook are based on many years of experience within the sector. As a result, this guidebook will help the reader effectively plan and react to the many obstacles and challenges a typical data migration project can present.

In short, this guidebook will help you create a more successful data migration project.