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A summary of the perils and pitfalls of enterprise software data migration with best practices and guidance.
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What’s the Big Deal with Data Migration?
Operating since 1999 Diverse customer base Gold Oracle Partner Research Associate with SolidWorks Extensive background in Migration, PLM deployment, and
integration Core competencies in Engineering Collaboration, Data
Migration and PDM and PLM Integration
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SourceSystem
Cleanse
Validation(Test Plan)
TestSystem
How Data Migration Works
Analyze
Transform
TargetSystem
The process is refined until the transformed data is acceptable.
Data Export(Full or Delta)
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Data Migration is Like Changing an Engine in Midair …
Product information is the lifeblood of a company
Migration must be done in a way that doesn’t disrupt current process
Improper migrations can be catastrophic
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… Garbage In, Garbage Out …
Just because you can migrate all your data doesn’t mean you should
Take a hard look at legacy data and be selective
Do not pollute your new system with corrupt or inaccurate data
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… Two Gallons of Water, One Gallon Container …
Critical for companies who are downsizing to a less complex system
Identify critical information early
Verify the target system has structure to accept certain data types
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What a Tangled Web We Weave
Map out data sources early
Identify issues like naming conflicts and data integrity
If possible consolidate prior to migration
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Volume, Volume, Volume Assess the amount of data you
need to move and factor this into planning
Try reducing the amount of data through purging, deleting and limiting history
Use a phased migration approach to allow for testing and to minimize system downtime
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History is Best Forgotten Extracting and transferring history
to a new PLM is challenging
Most companies rarely access earlier versions of data
Using a “Latest only” approach dramatically reduces cost and complexity of data migration
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Be Prepared Don’t “under provision” hardware
for data migration
Identify needs and have analysis and data cleansing solutions ready
Clean up your data as much as possible prior to migration
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Test, Validate, Rinse, Repeat Two test passes and a production
pass are minimum recommendations for most migrations
Have a specific test plan to evaluate data in the test system
If required to validate combine it with testing to reduce test cycles
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End of the Road Good migration is mostly common
sense
Don’t let migration be an afterthought
The information is more important than the tool
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