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The document outlines strategies for both development and QA teams in a data migration project, emphasizing the importance of assessment, data cleansing, and automation for successful migration. Key development strategies include data mapping, migration approaches, and monitoring, while QA strategies focus on pre-migration testing, data validation, and post-migration support. Overall, a phased approach and thorough testing at each stage are essential for ensuring data integrity and system functionality.

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Migration_Strategy

The document outlines strategies for both development and QA teams in a data migration project, emphasizing the importance of assessment, data cleansing, and automation for successful migration. Key development strategies include data mapping, migration approaches, and monitoring, while QA strategies focus on pre-migration testing, data validation, and post-migration support. Overall, a phased approach and thorough testing at each stage are essential for ensuring data integrity and system functionality.

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Data migration project, both the development and QA (Quality Assurance)

teams play crucial roles in ensuring the migration is successful and accurate. Below
are basic strategies for each aspect:
1. Development Strategies for Data Migration:
a. Assessment and Planning
 Data Inventory: Identify and assess the current data landscape, including
source systems (Teradata, Hive, GCP) and the target systems (Snowflake,
AWS).
 Data Mapping: Create a detailed data mapping document that outlines how
data from the source systems will be mapped to the target systems, including
any necessary transformations or changes.
 Establish Goals: Define the goals of the migration, including performance
improvements, scalability, and cost reduction.
b. Data Cleansing and Preparation
 Data Quality Check: Before migration, ensure that data is clean, accurate,
and consistent. This may involve correcting duplicates, removing obsolete
data, and standardizing formats.
 Data Transformation: Determine what transformations (e.g., data type
changes, merging, splitting) need to be applied to make the data compatible
with the target system.
c. Migration Approach
 Full Load vs Incremental Load: For development, plan if the migration will
be a full one-time load or incremental (migrating small parts of the data over
time). For large datasets, incremental migrations are often preferred to
reduce downtime.
 Data Migration Phases: Break the migration into stages or phases (e.g.,
database structure, static data, transactional data), which helps minimize the
risk and allows for better management.
 ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) Tools: Use appropriate ETL tools (e.g.,
Informatica, Talend, Airflow) to move data from source systems to the target
platforms like Snowflake.
 Data Validation Scripts: Develop validation scripts to check that the data
has been migrated correctly, including counts, checksums, and schema
validation.
d. Automation and Monitoring
 Automate Processes: Automate the migration process as much as possible
to reduce manual errors. Use scripts and tools to automate data loading and
validation.
 Monitoring: Implement monitoring systems to track the status of data
migration jobs and to catch any errors in real-time.
e. Backups and Rollback Plan
 Backups: Ensure that there is a reliable backup of the source data before the
migration starts, so there’s a fallback in case of failure.
 Rollback Plan: Have a clear rollback strategy if any issues occur during or
after the migration. This includes knowing when and how to revert to the
previous state if necessary.

2. QA Strategies for Data Migration:


a. Pre-Migration Testing
 Baseline Testing: Establish baseline metrics for performance, data quality,
and reporting on the current (source) systems. This helps compare post-
migration performance and identify discrepancies.
 Data Mapping Verification: QA should validate the data mapping
documents to ensure that data fields are accurately mapped between the
source and target systems.
 Schema Validation: Ensure that the structure (schemas, tables, views) of
the source and target systems is aligned before the migration starts.
b. Data Validation During Migration
 Data Integrity Checks: Perform row counts, record counts, and data
checksums to ensure that data was migrated without loss or corruption.
 Data Accuracy: Compare the source and target data for accuracy. This
involves running queries on both systems to ensure that data values match
after migration.
 Transformation Validation: Verify that all required transformations (e.g.,
currency conversion, date format changes) were performed correctly on the
target data.
c. Functional Testing
 Application Functionality: Ensure that any applications dependent on the
data can still function properly post-migration. Test key features of
applications (e.g., reports, analytics tools) to make sure they work as
expected.
 ETL Process Validation: Test and validate that the ETL processes are
working as intended, ensuring data is being extracted, transformed, and
loaded accurately.
 Query Performance Testing: Test the performance of key queries and
reports on the target system (e.g., Snowflake). Ensure that performance is
improved or at least on par with the legacy system.
d. Post-Migration Testing
 End-to-End Testing: Perform end-to-end testing of the entire data migration
process, including any workflows or integrations that depend on the data.
 Data Consistency Checks: Validate that there is consistency across the
entire data set, ensuring that no records are missing, duplicated, or altered
incorrectly.
 User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Engage business users or stakeholders to
validate that the data in the new system meets their requirements and works
for their operational processes.
e. Regression Testing
 Regression Test Plans: Develop regression test plans to ensure that any
changes made as part of the migration (e.g., schema or format changes) do
not introduce new issues into the existing system.
 Compare Legacy vs. New System: Ensure that the data migration hasn’t
negatively impacted business operations by comparing outputs from the
legacy system to those from the new system.
f. Monitoring and Post-Go-Live Support
 Post-Migration Monitoring: Monitor the system after migration for any
issues related to data integrity or performance. Set up alerts for any data
discrepancies or performance lags.
 Issue Resolution: Establish a post-migration support plan to quickly address
any issues or bugs that arise after the migration goes live.

Conclusion:
For development, a phased approach to migration, data validation scripts,
automated ETL, and proper planning for rollbacks and monitoring is key. From a QA
perspective, testing at each stage of the migration (before, during, and after),
verifying data accuracy, and ensuring system functionality will ensure the migration
is successful and accurate.

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