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Resource Migration Strategy Board DKG
Resource Migration Strategy Board DKG
The Migration Strategy Board is designed to help organizations understand the steps of
data center and cloud migrations. It is an interactive rendering of David-Kenneth Group’s
tested and proven migration methodology.
Phase 1 Initiation
Phase 2 Discovery
Phase 3 Planning
Phase 4 Execution
Phase 5 Close-Out
The Migration Strategy Board moves you through the steps of each phase, block by block. Each
block includes objectives, deliverables, tools, and action items. It includes a baseline of over 80
deliverables and a migration toolbox with 2 primary tool sets.
Standard blocks show objectives for a data center migration, while blocks with cloud icons show Go to Migration Strategy Board /
objectives for a cloud migration. Blocks with white icons can be opened to see additional
information. When you see a box with an icon, click on the icon to see the details.
Click the cloud icon to see cloud migration objectives and deliverables.
Click on the information icon for more insight.
CLOSE-OUT
EXECUTION COMPLETE EXECUTE PILOT RUN BACKUPS DECIDE GO/NO-GO EXECUTE COMPLETE CONCLUDE
PHASE 5
PRE-MIGRATION MIGRATIONS MIGRATION POST-MIGRATION SUPPORT
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PHASE 4
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Post Migration
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& Confidence Issues Logged and Triaged for New Site Support Returned
Performance Baselined
Migration Acceptance to Operations Staff
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Political Support
Test Plans & Sign off
Benchmark Tools Examiner & Mobile Dashboard
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Examiner & Mobile Dashboard Back-up Plans Go/No-Go Checklist Test Plans
PREPARE DECOMMISSION
TARGET LOCATION ASSETS & SPACE
Power Upgraded Assets Liquidated,
Circuit & Cooling Installed Destroyed & Sold
Upgrades Completed Asset Tracking System
Cabling Installed The difference is focus. Updated
Site Restored & Cleaned Up
New Equipment Stand-up Site Released
Advance Walk-Through
MITIGATE
MIGRATION RISKS
Contingency Plans
MIGRATION STRATEGY BOARD ESTABLISH
OPERATIONS
Daily Operational Support
BIA & DR Plans Updated
IT Resiliency Assessed
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DR Plan Aligned
Operational Modeling Refined Skills Gap Remediated
Governance Model Revised
Conduct Tabletop DevOps Integrated
Planning Exercise
PHASE 2
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Logistics Planned If you skip any of these steps, Initial Evaluation Preliminary Plan Review Migration If you don't address skills and
Backups Planned then you risk chasing irrelevant Process Framework Established Preliminary Schedule Project Plan operational support needed in
Run Book Created details, wasting resources ID Migration Type(s) Communication Plan Set Expectations your new environment,
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& money. ID Model & Cost Core Team Assembled Suggestions/Concerns you risk unrealized ROI.
Security & Regulatory
Compliance DCM Team Cost Estimator Communication Plan
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MODERNIZE DEVELOP DEFINE ENTERPRISE UPDATE
RISK
PHASE 1
& OPTIMIZE
Current State Identified
BUSINESS CASE STRATEGY
Hybrid IT
TA If you document too little
CONTRACTS &
SLA AGREEMENTS
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Goals & Objectives
Transition State Identified Outcomes & KPIs Cloud Strategy you risk migration failure. Lease Reviewed
Future State Identified Risk/Benefits Analysis Modernization & Optimization Facility Services Reviewed
High/Low Level Designs Built ROI Analysis Business Continuity Performance of Updated
Procurement—BOM INITIATION SLAs Confirmed
Hardware & Software
Create To-Be Diagrams Engage Stakeholders Identify Stakeholders
Contracts Reviewed
FINISH
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DETERMINE MAP
Examiner: Agentless configuration management and auto-discovery tool.
DISPOSITIONS DEPENDENCIES
Physical Migrations Mobile Dashboard: Real-time event tracking and dashboard. Application
Virtual Migrations Server
Cloud Migrations Cloud
Retire NOTE: To view the interactive PDF, use Adobe Acrobat Reader. Storage
Update Master Asset List Network
Examiner Examiner
If you document too much, Manually Captured Data Data Gaps Captured Undocumented assets known “Undiscoverable” Data
you risk budget and Uploaded External Connections only to select stakeholders are Gathered
schedule overruns. Data Consolidated into a Auto-discovered Data Validated Understood commonly overlooked Gaps Identified © Copyright 2018 David-Kenneth Group
Single Source of Truth Undiscovered Assets Captured Issues Documented in discovery. Special Situations Identified
Facility Assets Documented
PLANNING
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