Migration Planning Template

Plan a migration from {{old_system}} to {{new_system}}.

Scope: {{scope}}
Affected users: {{users}}
Timeline requirements: {{timeline}}

**Migration Strategy:**

**1. Assessment**
- Current state audit
- Data inventory
- Integration mapping
- Customization catalog

**2. Migration Approach**

*Options:*
- Big bang (all at once)
- Phased (by segment/feature)
- Parallel run (both systems)
- Strangler fig (gradual replacement)

*Recommendation:* [approach] because [reasoning]

**3. Technical Plan**
- Data migration steps
- Integration cutover
- Rollback capabilities
- Testing approach

**4. User Migration**
- Communication timeline
- Training requirements
- Support model during transition
- Feedback collection

**5. Risk Management**
| Risk | Likelihood | Impact | Mitigation |

**6. Success Criteria**
- Definition of done
- Quality gates
- User adoption targets

**7. Timeline**
- Phase milestones
- Key dependencies
- Go/no-go checkpoints

**8. Rollback Plan**
- Trigger conditions
- Rollback steps
- Data handling

**9. Post-Migration**
- Monitoring plan
- Support transition
- Old system decommission