23/10/2018
Data Migration projects are complex and apart from considering data volumes, data quality, technology, requirements, resourcing and the budget, the robustness and maintenance of the hardware and software also needs to be considered.
Data migration also needs to comply with the software development lifecycle of requirement Analysis, Design, Implementation, Testing and Deployment, and the system that is put in place needs to be robust enough to accommodate this.
The general view of a SAP data migration is that it is a once-off, throw away piece of work that can be discarded once the project is finished. SAP migration projects often lasts for years with numerous test cycles and phased roll-outs. It is therefore prudent to consider the migration system requirements up front, rather than facing constant performance issues and roll-out limitations.
Implementing the SAP’s best practise methodology has a rather steep learning curve on the software products involved and the methodology. Comprehending SAP’s documentation can be challenging and on the hardware deployment cognisance needs to be taken that this environment will need to be able to support the complexities of a SAP migration, such as concurrent waves of roll-outs, large development teams, the software development cycle and data volumes.
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