Data conversion activities are often among the greatest challenges of an implementation project. Irregularities in legacy data must be rectified, or the results can have catastrophic impacts on business functionality and distort data exponentially with use. Therefore, one of the project deliverables is a detailed conversion plan, which establishes the objectives and criteria for the conversion effort and identifies specific data and database sources to be converted based on these criteria. The key strategies driving the conversion plan are described as follows:
We organize the specific tasks associated with the conversion according to the following major components:
(1) Conversion planning
(2) Data analysis and mapping
(3) Conversion programming
(4) Data integrity checking and audit
(5) Conversion execution and
(6) Post conversion review.
Anji Technologies provides a data mapping methodology and a facilitator who will work with the functional users and appropriate technical staff. This data mapping activity results in information that assesses the integrity of the data, identifies policy issues, clarifies and formulates data definitions, and provides a basis for proceeding with the conversion in a logical manner.