ERP’s are central to any big enterprise. Organizations implement one or more ERP solutions depend... more ERP’s are central to any big enterprise. Organizations implement one or more ERP solutions depending upon their business needs. Some keep upgrading the same ERP to its latest version, while others may switch to an entirely new ERP. In either case data migration forms an essential part of such an upgrade or implementation. Data migration is a subset of the overall ERP project, but given the importance, volume of activities involved, and its impact on the implementation it can well be viewed as a project in itself. Though it may or may not have a separate project charter, all other project management concepts are still applicable. Data migration being one of the core parts, the timely completion or delay in implementation of the overall ERP was heavily dependent on this task. The ‘big bang’ approach helps achieve the objective in the shortest possible time. But the pitfalls of such an approach are many, the biggest being business disruption or even a fallback. In such a scenario, the ‘trickle-migration’ is better suited. With this phased, sequential migration strategy the objective of smooth transition to the new system, with minimum business disruptions, can be achieved more or less up-to the expectation.
ERP’s are central to any big enterprise. Organizations implement one or more ERP solutions depend... more ERP’s are central to any big enterprise. Organizations implement one or more ERP solutions depending upon their business needs. Some keep upgrading the same ERP to its latest version, while others may switch to an entirely new ERP. In either case data migration forms an essential part of such an upgrade or implementation. Data migration is a subset of the overall ERP project, but given the importance, volume of activities involved, and its impact on the implementation it can well be viewed as a project in itself. Though it may or may not have a separate project charter, all other project management concepts are still applicable. Data migration being one of the core parts, the timely completion or delay in implementation of the overall ERP was heavily dependent on this task. The ‘big bang’ approach helps achieve the objective in the shortest possible time. But the pitfalls of such an approach are many, the biggest being business disruption or even a fallback. In such a scenario, the ‘trickle-migration’ is better suited. With this phased, sequential migration strategy the objective of smooth transition to the new system, with minimum business disruptions, can be achieved more or less up-to the expectation.
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