System Implementations, Upgrades and Data Migrations
The last few years have seen the proliferation of conversions, such as system implementations and upgrades as well as data migrations, in businesses of all types, sizes and sectors. This is because organizations desire to benefit from the use of technology for a variety of reasons. Knowing the costs and consequences of failed conversion projects, it is prudent that conscious and concerted efforts are made to avoid those dreadful eventualities.
Avoidable Failures
Conversions are undertaken to leverage the capabilities and benefits of technology, such as improving efficiency and effectiveness of operations; yielding cost-savings in the long run; gaining competitive edge and avoiding sanctions and penalties by complying with applicable laws and regulations. Quite regrettably, mind-boggling failures abound in the conversion arena because costly preventable mistakes are made before, during and after conversions. The statistics on conversion failures are surprising. With few conversions failing for technical reasons, many more fail for non-technical reasons. The bottom line is many organizations do not have adequate, effective and efficient conversion controls to guide them through all the phases of conversions – from conception through selection and execution to maintenance.
Return on Investments
With huge investments going down the drain and potential benefits eluding organizations, it is critically vital that conversion failures are arrested by designing, implementing and operating effective and efficient conversion controls to address both technical and non-technical root causes.
Regardless of the nature of your conversion and the state of your conversion controls, we can assist you to avoid costly mistakes.
Contact us for any of the services listed below and more.
Conversion controls
Software selection
Requirements gathering
Data accuracy, validity, completeness, mapping, cleansing, reformatting
Conversion audit