Commonly used Abbreviations and Definitions in Data Migration
Abbreviations
BIDM – Business Integrated Data Migration
CRM – Customer Relationship Management
DBA – Database Administrator
DM – Data Migration
DP – Delivery Phases
DQ – Data Quality
DV – Data Verification
ECM – Electronic Content Management
ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning
ETL – Extract, Transform, Load
ICT – Information, Communication, Technology
LA – Landscape Analysis
SFTP – Secure File Transfer Protocol
SH – Stakeholder
SIT – System Integration Testing
SME – Subject Matter Expert
SS – Spreadsheets
SSIS – SQL Server Integration Services
UAT – User Acceptance Testing
Definitions
Business Integrated Data Migration (BIDM) – Our proprietary methodology, used to keep projects on track
Data Dictionary – A set of information describing the contents, format, and structure of a database and the relationship between its elements
Data Mapping – Taking a field from a legacy system and pointing it to the equivalent field in the target system
Data Migration – The selection, Extraction, Transformation and Loading of data of the correct quality from a legacy system to the new target system within a set timeframe
Data Objects – are a logical subset of a business domain representation, encapsulating business information. E.g. Customer, Supplier, Employee etc
Data Owner – The people or person within an organisation that is responsible for signing off on the various stages of a data migration
DM Package – A collection of data migration collateral including the mapping specification documentation, stakeholders and data verification techniques.
DM REVOLVE – Data Migration Evolution Revolution – the toolset we use to help with a data migration
Legacy Data – A data store or stores that hold data to be transferred to a new target system
Landscape Analysis – The analysis of legacy data to find and catalogue its source and how the various sources relate to each other
OBJECTS – See Data Objects
