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Success factors for migration projects in banks
- The definition of a migration strategy between the bank and the IT service provider is the basis for a successful cooperation
- Migration objects must be defined according to type and scope
- The source systems of the supplying bank must be precisely determined in advance, including all specifics
- The requirements for the new target system and the impact on the ETL process must be broken down in detail for the migration
- Reconciliation processes must be developed that can provide quantitative and qualitative information about the success of the migration
Gravnings special migration skills
Project Leadership
- External representation of the migration project (e.g. communication with the steering committee)
- Management of the PMO and sub-projects (depending on the form of organization)
- Implementation of project planning (setting milestones and activities, estimation of expenses)
- Implementation of kick-off meetings and important dates
- Risk Management
- Project controlling/ status check
PMO Management
- Administrative support for the project management
- Coordination of projects and resources
- Budget planning of the overall project
- Creation of decision documents
- Cut-Over Management (depending on project organization)
- Control of the project methodology and tools
Reconciliation of the data migration
- Initial conception of the data reconciliation
- Coordination of the necessary coordination & acceptance activities at the events
- Selection and support of responsible persons for data transfers
- Selection and implementation of reconciliation tools
- Management of databases and relevant documents
- Creation of a significant management reporting
Management test areas
- Establishment of a test area structure to cover the test as a whole
- Selection of responsible test area managers
- Coordination of the test areas
- Organization and implementation of workshops for the quantitative and qualitative expansion of the tests
- Development of end-to-end test chains
- Coordination of logical and concrete test cases in the context of test automation
Defect Management
- Development of a defect process tailored to the bank
- Selection of contact persons from the IT and specialist departments of the bank or IT service provider for defect coordination
- Realization of regular Defect Meetings
- Development and introduction of suitable tools for ongoing defect tracking
- Development of a holistic management reporting
Cut-Over Management
- Management of the control center at the event
- Organization and implementation of the decision to the point of no return
- Results presentation
- Initiation of the acceptance by the division manager
- SPOC function for all corporate divisions for the event
- Resource planning of all participants of the event
Our approach
- Use of classical and agile project methodologies
- Support in the selection and use of suitable migration tools
- High quality standards for conceptual activities in the context of migration preparation
- Early selection of competence and responsibility holders for the individual migration-related topic blocks
- Formation of migration tandems from the technical and business contacts of the areas to be migrated
- Definition of quality gates to control the success of the transferred data
- Hands-on mentality in all phases of the migration
