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Chapter 3. Developing the Plan
This chapter discusses the following topics:
3.1, Overview
3.2, Plan Components
3.3, Progressive versus Mass Conversion
3.4, Plan Examples
3.1 Overview
3.1.1 References
These materials provide sources of supplemental information for this chapter.
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MVS Migration System - Planning Guide
, SB11-8077 describes the planning
process for the MVS-MS. This guide is for the people who are responsible for
planning and scheduling the migration and fitting the conversion that
MVS-MS performs into the migration schedule. It is the basic book for the
project manager and every technical person involved in planning and
running both the migration and the conversion.
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MVS Migration System - General Information
, GB11-8074 provides an
overview of the IBM MVS Migration System and is for the people at an
installation who will decide if MVS-MS will work for a particular environment.
It describes both the advantages and limitations of MVS-MS, presents
information on how MVS-MS works, and identifies some specific early
planning concerns.
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MVS Migration System - Planning Chart
, SB11-8090 displays the standard
conversion tasks and subtasks relative to their duration and relationship to
each other.
3.1.2 Recommendations
The following are recommendations for your migration that are not project phase
specific or apply to all phases of migration.
3.1.2.1 Project Management
In some cases it may make sense to hire contractors, temporary personnel or a
service provider to perform tasks that will only be performed once and do not
provide long term payback to the installation. These one time tasks may include
project management, specific conversion activities and use of project specific
tools. There are many tasks to consider during a migration. Careful
consideration should be given to knowing the skills that are available to the
project, the requirements for systems programming, other projects that are
planned or in progress, and how augmenting these skills and personnel may or
may not make sense.
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