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Large migration projects are always painful.  They take more time & money than anticipated (or more importantly, budgeted) because of one simple, honest truth:  You are re-living all of the mistakes, problems, errors, and previously undiscovered issues with potentially '''decades''' of information.  A lot of the 'institutional knowledge' surrounding specific data, reports, or use-cases is long gone.  Especially frustrating are the conversations that end in "So, why did you think they did ''THAT'' ?!?!?", because it's not always obvious what the situation was when critical decisions were made.
Large migration projects are always painful.  They take more time & money than anticipated (or more importantly, budgeted) because of one simple, honest truth:  You are re-living all of the mistakes, problems, errors, and previously undiscovered issues with potentially '''decades''' of information.  A lot of the 'institutional knowledge' surrounding specific data, reports, or use-cases is long gone.  Especially frustrating are the conversations that end in "So, why did you think they did ''THAT'' ?!?!?", because it's not always obvious what the situation was when critical (and possibly bad) decisions were made.


Patience is a virtue, and any sufficiently large migration project will test your determination, and at times, your sanity.  The advice below comes from one of the largest migration projects I've ever participated in.
Patience is a virtue, and any sufficiently large migration project will test your determination, and at times, your sanity.  The advice below comes from one of the largest migration projects I've ever participated in.