Deliverable: Implementation and Migration Plan

Purpose

The Implementation and Migration Plan provides a schedule for implementation of the solution described by a Transition Architecture. The Implementation and Migration Plan includes timing, cost, resources, benefits, and milestones for the implementation.

Relationships

Tasks	Input To: Architecture Change Management Implementation Governance Migration Planning	Output From: Migration Planning Opportunities and Solutions

Main Description

Typical contents of an Implementation and Migration Plan are:

Implementation and Migration Strategy:
- Strategic implementation direction
- Implementation sequencing approach
Interactions with other management frameworks:
- Approach to aligning architecture and business planning
- Approach to integration of architecture efforts
- Approach to aligning architecture and portfolio/project management
- Approach to aligning architecture and operations management
Project charters:
- Capabilities delivered by projects
- Included work packages
- Business value
- Risk, issues, assumptions, dependencies
Implementation Plan:
- Phase and workstream breakdown of implementation effort
- Allocation of work packages to phase and workstream
- Milestones and timing
- Work breakdown structure
- Resource requirements and costs

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