Practical Data Migration

PLANNED ACTIVITY

Once you have completed steps 1 to 6 above and have a better feel for the shape of the problem you will be in a position to put together a plan that will involve the correct Data Stakeholders in Data Quality Rules and prioritization exercises. The plan will inevitably be iterative and release based. So:

7. From the created fault log, start prioritizing the faults and create realistic estimates of how long they will take to correct.

8. Institute a tight release and configuration management strategy. In the hurly-burly of a struggling implementation there is always the temptation to bypass normal controls and fix things on the fly. Once you become aware of previously fixed bugs reappearing you will know that your configuration ...