Migration system and method

• US 20070239500A1
• Filed: 04/11/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Garg, Hari, Barrett, Jennie
• Granted Patent: US 8,290,803 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/108 Remote banking, e.g. home banking

Abstract

A migration system and method. The migration method comprises receiving a request to generate a migration plan for an entity and generating a strategic plan comprising a first procedure for transferring knowledge required for performing job functions comprised by a first set of individuals to a second set of individuals and a second procedure for defining a set of temporary individuals to perform a transition management process through the transferring. Additionally, an allocation plan and a ramping down plan are generated. The allocation plan is for allocating the set of temporary resources to the entity for the transition management process and second allocating said second set of individuals for the transferring. The ramping down plan is for ramping down to close out the set of temporary individuals based on external data. The resource migration plan is for supporting the entity and includes a procedure for allocating the second set of individuals for supporting the entity.

Claims

1. A migration method, comprising:

receiving, by a computing system, a request to generate a migration plan for an entity, said computing system comprising a memory unit, said memory unit comprising a migration planning tool suite including a management tool and a planning tool;

generating, by said planning tool, a strategic plan comprising a first procedure for transferring knowledge required for performing job functions comprised by a first set of individuals to a second set of individuals and a second procedure for defining a set of temporary individuals to perform a transition management process through said transferring;

generating, by said management tool, an allocation plan for first allocating said set of temporary individuals to said entity for said transition management process and second allocating said second set of individuals for said transferring;

generating, by said management tool, a ramping down plan for ramping down to close out said first set of individuals and said set of temporary individuals based on data extracted from a previous ramping down plan;

generating, by said planning tool, said migration plan for supporting said entity based on said strategic plan, said allocation plan, and said ramping down plan, said migration plan comprising a procedure for allocating said second set of individuals for supporting said entity.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first set of individuals comprises local individuals from a local geographical area, and wherein said second set of individuals comprises remote individuals from a remote geographical area relative to said local geographical area.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating, said migration plan is further based on data retrieved from previous migration plans generated by said planning tool.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating, said migration plan is further based on data comprising business rules for said entity.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating said migration plan comprises generating a staffing plan for hiring and employing said second set of individuals.

5. The method of claim 5, wherein said data comprising business rules for said entity are embedded within said planning tool.

7. The method of claim 7, wherein said staffing plan comprises a cost analysis and savings summary related to said hiring and said employing said second set of individuals.

8. A computing system comprising a processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising a migration planning tool suite including a management tool, a planning tool, and instructions that when executed by the processor implement a migration planning method, said method comprising;

receiving, by said computing system, a request to generate a migration plan for an entity;

generating, by said planning tool, a strategic plan comprising a first procedure for transferring knowledge required for performing job functions comprised by a first set of individuals to a second set of individuals and a second procedure for defining a set of temporary individuals to perform a transition management process through said transferring;

generating, by said management tool, an allocation plan for first allocating said set of temporary individuals to said entity for said transition management process and second allocating said second set of individuals for said transferring;

generating, by said management tool, a ramping down plan for ramping down to close out said first set of individuals and said set of temporary individuals based on data extracted from a previous ramping down plan;

generating, by said planning tool, said migration plan for supporting said entity based on said strategic plan, said allocation plan, and said ramping down plan, said migration plan comprising a procedure for allocating said second set of individuals for supporting said entity.

9. The computing system of claim 8, wherein said first set of individuals comprises local individuals from a local geographical area, and wherein said second set of individuals comprises remote individuals from a remote geographical area relative to said local geographical area.

10. The computing system of claim 8, wherein said generating, said migration plan is further based on data retrieved from previous migration plans generated by said planning tool.

11. The computing system of claim 8, wherein said generating, said migration plan is further based on data comprising business rules for said entity.

12. The computing system of claim 11, wherein said data comprising business rules for said entity are embedded within said planning tool.

13. The computing system of claim 8, wherein said generating said migration plan comprises generating a staffing plan for hiring and employing said second set of individuals.

14. The computing system of claim 13, wherein said staffing plan comprises a cost analysis and savings summary related to said hiring and said employing said second set of individuals.

15. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium including computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code comprising an algorithm adapted to implement a migration planning method within a computing system, said method comprising:

receiving, by said computing system, a request to generate a migration plan for an entity;

generating, by said planning tool, a strategic plan comprising a first procedure for transferring knowledge required for performing job functions comprised by a first set of individuals to a second set of individuals and a second procedure for defining a set of temporary individuals to perform a transition management process through said transferring;

generating, by said management tool, an allocation plan for first allocating said set of temporary individuals to said entity for said transition management process and second allocating said second set of individuals for said transferring;

generating, by said management tool, a ramping down plan for ramping down to close out said first set of individuals and said set of temporary individuals based on data extracted from a previous ramping down plan;

generating, by said planning tool, said migration plan for supporting said entity based on said strategic plan, said allocation plan, and said ramping down plan, said migration plan comprising a procedure for allocating said second set of individuals for supporting said entity.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said first set of individuals comprises local individuals from a local geographical area, and wherein said second set of individuals comprises remote individuals from a remote geographical area relative to said local geographical area.

17. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said generating, said migration plan is further based on data retrieved from previous migration plans generated by said computer readable program code.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said generating, said migration plan is further based on data comprising business rules for said entity.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein said data comprising business rules for said entity are embedded within said computer readable program code.

20. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein said generating said migration plan comprises generating a staffing plan for hiring and employing said second set of individuals.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein said staffing plan comprises a cost analysis and savings summary related to said hiring and said employing said second set of individuals.

22. A process for integrating computing infrastructure, comprising integrating computer-readable code into a computing system, wherein the code in combination with the computing system is capable of performing a migration planning method within a computing system, said method comprising:

receiving, by said computing system, a request to generate a migration plan for an entity;

generating, by said planning tool, a strategic plan comprising a first procedure for transferring knowledge required for performing job functions comprised by a first set of individuals to a second set of individuals and a second procedure for defining a set of temporary individuals to perform a transition management process through said transferring;

generating, by said management tool, an allocation plan for first allocating said set of temporary individuals to said entity for said transition management process and second allocating said second set of individuals for said transferring;

generating, by said management tool, a ramping down plan for ramping down to close out said first set of individuals and said set of temporary individuals based on data extracted from a previous ramping down plan;

generating, by said planning tool, said migration plan for supporting said entity based on said strategic plan, said allocation plan, and said ramping down plan, said migration plan comprising a procedure for allocating said second set of individuals for supporting said entity.

23. The process of claim 22, wherein said first set of individuals comprises local individuals from a local geographical area, and wherein said second set of individuals comprises remote individuals from a remote geographical area relative to said local geographical area.

24. The process of claim 22, wherein said generating, said migration plan is further based on data retrieved from previous migration plans generated by said computer readable program code.

25. The process of claim 22, wherein said generating, said migration plan is further based on data comprising business rules for said entity.

26. The process of claim 25, wherein said data comprising business rules for said entity are embedded within said computer readable program code.

27. The process of claim 22, wherein said generating said migration plan comprises generating a staffing plan for hiring and employing said second set of individuals.

28. The process of claim 27, wherein said staffing plan comprises a cost analysis and savings summary related to said hiring and said employing said second set of individuals.