Discovering the Current Environment

Sessions focused on discovering the current source system are essential planning exercises in a migration project. The purpose of such sessions is to document as much information as possible about the source, which will help you plan an appropriate migration strategy. This information will also help estimate project costs, timelines, and resources.

The discovery sessions should be held with the subject matter experts and architects who can provide the level of detail needed, and the conversations should be focused on gathering an appropriate amount of detail so they don’t drag on. The information captured as a result of these sessions provides details related to systems and network architecture, performance metrics, applications architecture, database architecture, and the backup and recovery architecture. Hopefully, the information provided in this section will guide you in asking the right questions while keeping focused on the right topics.