Last week I discussed three reasons that data migrations fail. You might be wondering to avoid some of these challenges. You can avoid a failed data migration by following these golden rules. Data Migration is a Business Issue The first golden rule for data migration is that it’s a business issue, not just a technical …
Three key things cause data migration failure. The book Practical Data Migration by Johnny Morris explains that the most common data migration failures have to do with technocentricity, specialist skills, and the blame game. Techocentricity The problem with tecnocentricity is that you’re thinking of a data migration as just a technical issue, and not thinking …
I help with a lot of system migrations, moving clients from old data management programs into iManage Records Manager (IRM). Lately, I’ve noticed the importance of a basic understanding of records management, and following best practices when implementing a records management program. I spoke with one firm who had an awful experience with a system …
