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Transformation lead

Programme leads, transformation managers and the architects who advise them.

Judge a migration approach against the organisation’s real constraints, and recognise the anti-patterns before they are committed to a plan.

13 steps · about 65 min plus 6 interactive pages

  1. 01Foundations · 1.1BSS vs OSSThe boundary every transformation scope has to draw.10 min
  2. 02Foundations · 1.2Commercial v TechnicalCommercial and technical source-of-record ownership, which most migrations disturb.10 min
  3. 03Foundations · 1.3Catalog-Driven ArchitectureWhy a catalog without runtime consumers is not a transformation.12 min
  4. 04Foundations · 1.4C2M, L2C and T2R: The Three ClocksThe three value streams, and why each is only as good as the one before it.15 min
  5. 05TransformationApproaches & PatternsThe dimensions every transformation has to settle, the core migration patterns, and what greenfield and brownfield mean in practice.
  6. 06TransformationStrategy / ApproachStrangler, segmented and product-by-product migration, and keeping the old estate running while leaving it.
  7. 07TransformationWhat the Data Tell UsWhat sourced research says about why programmes succeed and fall short.
  8. 08TransformationCommon PitfallsThe most common and expensive mistakes, and why organisations keep repeating them.
  9. 09TransformationReadiness AssessmentThe prerequisites, from business ownership to data and governance, to check before starting.
  10. 10TransformationStrategy SimulatorDescribe a landscape and goals; get a strategy with its risks, roadmap and checkpoints.
  11. 11Real-life challengeGreenfield Isn’t the TransformationA greenfield phase that looked complete and was not.6 min
  12. 12Real-life challengeThe Functionality That DisappearedWhat a migration wave silently drops.6 min
  13. 13Real-life challengeThe First Week After Go-LiveWhat the first weeks of live operation actually look like.6 min

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