Migration MadnessThe Science of Data MigrationStephen Porter, CEO, Zero Wait-State

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Data Migration is in our DNA Our Name Our History

Important Facts About Zero Wait-State

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FACTS ABOUT ZWS - IN OUR DNA

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Important Facts About Zero Wait-State

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FACTS ABOUT ZWS - NEUTRAL

DM IS HARD

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It’s like changing a jet engine in mid air without the plane crashing

Data condition is a variable difficult to estimate

It must be done without disrupting the current production environment

DM IS CRITICAL

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Without data a PLM is an empty vessel

Product data is the lifeblood of a company

Bad data can render a PLM or PDM system useless

BEST PRACTICES INCREMENTS

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Trying to move all data at once is problematic

Moving data in increments is more manageable

Eliminates time constraints Reduces risk

BEST PRACTICIES FORGET IT

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Extracting and transferring history to a new PLM is challenging

Most companies rarely access earlier versions of data

Using a “Latest only” approach dramatically reduces cost and complexity of data migration

Garbage In, Garbage Out …

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Just because you can migrate all your data doesn’t mean you should

Take a hard look at legacy data and be selective

Do not pollute your new system with corrupt or inaccurate data

Be Prepared

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Don’t “under provision” hardware for data migration

Identify needs and have analysis and data cleansing solutions ready

Clean up your data as much as possible prior to migration

Test, Validate, Repeat

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Two test passes and a production pass are minimum recommendations for most migrations

Have a specific test plan to evaluate data in the test system

Resist the urge to truncate testing

Case Study : Bloom Energy

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Highlights: Moving from PDMlink 9.0 Joint Project with GoEngineer Extracted meta data and SolidWorks CAD data Used drag and drop to load the CAD files and

sent meta data to Agile PLM Customer successfully transitioned from

PDMLink to Agile PLM and EPDM