Data Migration
Migrating into a platform that was still being built.
A global payments business expanding across Latin American markets faced a compound challenge: every new portfolio required a fresh migration, and the target platform was itself still evolving. Speed, governance, and reusability were not optional.
6 months
to complete the first migration, compared to 18 months with the previous approach
4 months
for the second migration, reusing assets built for the first
-50%
lower migration costs versus the previous internal approach
WHAT IT DELIVERS
Migrations that stay on track even when the destination keeps moving.
When the source system or target platform evolves during the programme, the mapping is updated in one place rather than rebuilt across every process. Migrations stay on schedule regardless of changes upstream or downstream.
Quality controls are configured once and applied consistently across every migration. Issues are traced back to their origin before reaching the destination, not discovered after go-live.
Every data point is catalogued and traceable from source to target. Audit obligations are met as a by-product of the migration process, not as a separate workstream.
Everything built for the first migration is reused in the next. Time and cost compress with every new portfolio, market, or acquisition.
What the organisation gains
01
Even when the target data model is still being built, migrations complete on schedule. The isolation of logic from schema means the team adapts rather than waits.
02
Quality issues are surfaced with full lineage during the migration process, not discovered by end users after go-live. The cost of rework is eliminated at the source.
03
Every portfolio, market, or acquisition benefits from the assets built before it. The time and cost reduction is structural, not a one-off.
Isolate, govern, reuse.
Results from a live engagement
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1/3
Time to migration ready
Compared to the baseline plan: six months instead of eighteen.
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−50%
Total programme cost
Compared to the original migration plan signed by the M&A office.
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4 months
Second migration completed
Reusing assets built for the first, across a new LATAM market.