Next steps

This guide detailed key areas of focus for a project management team responsible for a large migration project. It is designed to help you establish mechanisms for facilitating cross-organizational communication, transparency, and escalation from the very beginning of the project. Roles and responsibilities must be established early by identifying key tasks and owners in a RACI matrix. Finally, the project management team must help the organization evolve and follow its governance policies, including identifying and closing gaps in its current processes, such as backups. This guide highlights the key areas of focus to help you complete pre-migration governance steps make sure you are prepared to support the migrated workloads.

If you have not done so already, we recommend that you read the Guide for AWS large migrations, which focuses on the initialize and implement stages of the final migration phase. In addition, we recommend that you read the Project governance playbook for AWS large migrations, which provides a step-by-step approach to quickly develop an effective governance model for a large migration project. It also includes customizable templates to help you start on your cloud transformation journey.