Delivery
At binary10, delivery is where the plans are put into practice and your data starts to move. While many see this stage as purely technical, our approach is balanced with collaboration and insight. Delivery is not just about running scripts, it’s about iteration, learning, and refining through testing, reconciliation and feedback to make sure your data lands exactly where and how it should.
What happens during delivery?
We run through Data Migration (DM) Cycles, from initial development through key phases including:
System Testing (ST)
System Integration Testing (SIT)
User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Payroll Comparison Testing (PCT)
Dry-Run exercises
Each cycle reveals new insight from minor inconsistencies in formatting to more significant reconciliation issues, all of which are resolved collaboratively as the project progresses.
The importance of testing
Testing is a key in the delivery stage. Each test cycle is an opportunity to evaluate the accuracy, completeness, and usability of the migrated data. We verify the performance of the ETL logic, assess system behaviour under real-world conditions, and validate data integrity at every stage.
Why do people matter in DM cycles?
What elevates our delivery approach is the understanding that the value of testing lies in the feedback. We rely on project teams and end users to provide context and highlight anomalies. After all, they know the data best.
This collaboration ensures not just a technically sound migration, but one that works for the people who will use the systems every day. That’s why we foster communication between developers, analysts, SMEs and end users, because the feedback from real people is what transforms a test into a success.
Our process.
Strategy
Strategy: Every successful migration starts with a clear strategy. We define objectives, data scope, assess data sourcing & quality, and identify key risks early on. This foundation, based on the binary10 methodology, ensures the project aligns with your organisation’s goals and sets the stage for a smooth migration journey.
Planning
We turn strategy into action with detailed planning. This includes scoping, timelines, resources, and stakeholder alignment, ensuring the DM Plan dovetails with overall programme milestones. A solid plan keeps the project on track, ensures accountability, and prepares teams for every stage of the migration.
Hypercare
In the days and weeks after go-live, we offer hands-on support. We investigate any issues raised swiftly to determine if they are data-related, work to resolve any issues quickly, monitor any data updates, and provide reassurance to users, helping them feel confident with the new system from day one.
Cutover
The final step is switching fully to the new system. We will manage the planning of DM Cutover tasks and coordinate with you to ensure these tasks sit correctly in your overall cutover plan, in order to minimise issues or disruption during the cutover period. With all tasks and checks complete and users supported, the cutover marks a clean handover and the start of real business benefits.
Reconciliation
We validate that everything has landed correctly from a technical viewpoint. Record counts, field-level checks, and audit trails are used to compare source and target data, giving you confidence that nothing was lost, changed, or duplicated in the process. We also manage the business reconciliation approach to ensure you have a structured plan for reconciling the data yourself, with your SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) fully briefed on the “what, when and how” they should carry out reconciliations.
Reconciliation
We validate that everything has landed correctly from a technical viewpoint. Record counts, field-level checks, and audit trails are used to compare source and target data, giving you confidence that nothing was lost, changed, or duplicated in the process. We also manage the business reconciliation approach to ensure you have a structured plan for reconciliating the data yourselves, with your SME’s fully briefed on the “what, when and how” they should carry out reconciliations.
Cutover
The final step is switching fully to the new system. We will manage the planning of DM Cutover tasks and coordinate with you to ensure these tasks sit correctly in your overall cutover plan, in order to minimise issues or disruption during the cutover period. With all tasks and checks complete and users supported, the cutover marks a clean handover and the start of real business benefits.
Hypercare
In the days and weeks after go-live, we offer hands-on support. We investigate any issues raised swiftly to determine if they are data related, work to resolve any issues quickly, monitor any data updates, and provide reassurance to users, helping them feel confident with the new system from day one.
