This presentation talks about what is Application Migration, what are the indicators that tell you that you need migration, the pressing reason for migration, and how shall you plan and execute your migration.

1. Migration
Ajit Kumar
9th August 2016

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Agenda
1. What it is?
2. Why is it needed?
3. When is it needed?
4. How do we do it?
5. What’s next?

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What it is?

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What it is?
Migration is moving an application
From one environment to another

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Why is it needed?
To reduce Total-Cost-of-Ownership (TCO)
Primary reasons:
● Outdated technology
● Dearth/Unavailability of required skills
● Security concerns
● Misaligned with company goals
● Changing user/customer expectations

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When is it needed?
● Tangible - dropping ROI
● Non-tangible - Business is being hurt
● When points mentioned for “Why?” are recognised & being discussed

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How do we do it?
1. Assessment
2. Pilot or POC
3. Migration Strategy
4. Migration
5. System Testing
6. A/B Testing
7. Deployment
8. Support & Maintenance

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Assessment
Primary concerns:
● What does the application do and how it does it?
● What is the environment?
● What are the different processes?
● What is the communication strategy?
● What is the primary ‘fear’ customer has about migration?

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Pilot or POC
Primary concerns:
● Have I understood the current application?
● Would our application development approach work?
● How aligned are we with the existing processes?
● Would this address the ‘fear’ that the customer has?
● Do I have complete input to work out the Migration Strategy?

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Migration Strategy
Primary concerns:
● Can we (us+customer) see how the migration will happen?
● Can we (us+customer) see when the migration will complete?
● Can we (us+customer) see how the migration quality will be measured?
● Do we have the Communication strategy worked-out?
● Do we have the Roles identified?
● Have the Risks and ways to mitigate been identified?
● Can we (us+customer) see how the migration goals will be achieved?

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Migration
Primary concerns:
● Is the migration inline with the strategy?

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System Testing
Primary concerns:
● Is the new system complete?
● Is the new system correct?

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A/B Testing
Primary concerns:
● Are the controls consistent?
● Are the variations desirable?

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Deployment
Primary concerns:
● Is the deployment as per migration strategy?

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Support & Maintenance
Primary concerns:
● Can I differentiate between Bug and Change Request?
● Is the process and communication strategy in place?

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What’s next?
You will be given a working application and its code and you will have to
submit the migration strategy for the same.
Click on the arrow to
Download TOGAF
Template

17. Thank You!