Cloud Migration Projects

Cloud Migration Projects focus on moving systems and data from on-premise to the cloud safely and cost-effectively.

What makes these projects distinctive

Cloud Migration Projects carry their own signature challenges. The ones that most often decide success or failure are underestimated dependencies, downtime and data-loss risk, runaway cloud costs post-migration — so the plan should be built around managing exactly these.

Typical phases

1. Initiation — business case and charter
2. Planning — scope, schedule, budget, risks
3. Execution — building the deliverables
4. Monitoring & control — tracking against baseline
5. Closure — acceptance, handover, lessons learned

Sample WBS outline

• Initiation & business case
• Planning (scope, schedule, budget)
• Assessment & migration plan
• Landing zone setup
• Migration waves
• Testing & cutover
• Optimisation
• Testing / quality assurance
• Deployment / handover
• Closure & lessons learned

Key deliverables

• Assessment & migration plan
• Landing zone setup
• Migration waves
• Testing & cutover
• Optimisation

Top risks to plan for

• Underestimated dependencies
• Downtime and data-loss risk
• Runaway cloud costs post-migration

Key roles

Typical duration

4–12 months, depending on scale and complexity.