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DreamzTech USA Transforming your dreams into reality! CREATIVE DESIGN WEB & ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS GAME & MOBILE APPS DIGITAL MARKETING & SEO Legacy Software to Cloud Progression Successful Migration Begins with Early Risk Assessment “Forewarned is forearmed.”

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CREATIVE

DESIGN

WEB & ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS

GAME & MOBILE

APPS

DIGITAL MARKETING & SEO

Legacy Software to Cloud Progression

Successful Migration Begins with Early Risk Assessment

“Forewarned is forearmed.”

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Manage Your

Migration:

It is crucial to scope out your migration plan…beforehand…

…because your migration project will likely be faced with unexpected

issues, delays and costs…

Incorrect scoping – the inability to accurately anticipate the time, money and other resources required.

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Whether your conversion is a sequence of smaller steps or an

entirely new system…

Incorporate These Elements into Your Migration

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Design

Resource Allocation

Specification

Selection

Risk Identification& Mitigation

Assessment

Definition Definition

Determine your ideal end state in terms of: • End user experience

• Application functionality and performance

• Target Cloud infrastructure – SaaS, PaaS, IaaS • Fit within the organization’s anticipated IT

framework

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Design

Resource Allocation

Specification

Selection

Risk Identification& Mitigation

Assessment

Definition Assessment

Outline exactly where you are today:

• The benefits and risks of the migration initiative

• Include your return on investment (ROI) data and project justification

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Design

Resource Allocation

Specification

Selection

Risk Identification& Mitigation

Assessment

Definition Design

Include both the system design and the output:

• From the business analysts that have compiled the formal requirements for the project

• Also the time to complete the general cloud architecture model

• Generate a rough project budget

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Design

Resource Allocation

Specification

Selection

Risk Identification& Mitigation

Assessment

Definition Resource Allocation

Specify the support you will need:

• From all involved parties• IT• Senior management• Line of business (LOB) members • Outside contractors

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Design

Resource Allocation

Specification

Selection

Risk Identification& Mitigation

Assessment

Definition Specification

Package Your RFP:

• Your requirements, initial assumptions and selection criteria into a document (e.g. an RFP)

• This guides your choice of outside vendor and/or internal support

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Design

Resource Allocation

Specification

Selection

Risk Identification& Mitigation

Assessment

Definition Selection

Review and score responses to your preliminary project specification (from the RFP):

• Sign off on the final project specifications and timetable

• Select your:• Consulting partners• Cloud provider • Internal support personnel

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Design

Resource Allocation

Specifications

Selection

Risk Identification& Mitigation

Assessment

Definition Risk Identification & Mitigation

• Identify key business and technical risks early in the process so that you can address them early on.

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Refinement

Implementation

The Law of Unintended Consequences

…then…

…But implementation will run more smoothly if careful planning was followed…

…There are often surprises in a cloud migration project…

…Be prepared for these and pivot as necessary to get best results going forward…

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Hiring the Right Outsource Provider is Imperative

Your choice of outsource partner can have the most profound impact of any factor on the success of the legacy-to-cloud migration. To make sure this impact is positive, consider utilizing a partner with these attributes:

The DreamzTech Difference

Support for onsite presence to maximize customer support

100% Transparency with every project

Deep technical & business expertise in information technologies and software solutions

Clean and smart coding for better ongoing maintainability

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