Plan Your Infor Migration the Right Way and Avoid Costly Mistakes

Most Infor ERP migrations run late, run over budget, or both. But the real cost isn’t just time or budget, it’s what gets missed.
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Bad data gets carried over.

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Critical data gets left behind.

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Hidden issues surface mid-project, forcing teams to rework decisions under pressure.

This checklist helps your team map what you have, who owns each decision, and where the data risks hide before vendor calls and project timelines lock you in.
ERP Data Migration Checklist
JK Seva’s Proven 8-Phase Framework
63
Action items across
8 phases & 6 workstreams
Identify executive sponsor
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Identify project manager
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Assign functional data owners
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Assign business SMEs
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Assign workstream leads
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Confirm migration partner responsibilities
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Confirm client responsibilities
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Establish decision log
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Define change-control process
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Set communication cadence
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Identify executive sponsor
Phase 0Governance
Identify project manager
Phase 0Governance
Assign functional data owners
Phase 0Governance
Assign business SMEs
Phase 0Governance
Assign workstream leads
Phase 0Governance
Confirm migration partner responsibilities
Phase 0Governance
Confirm client responsibilities
Phase 0Governance
Establish decision log
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Define change-control process
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Set communication cadence
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11 items in Extraction & Validation
Download the full checklist to see every item,
owner, and acceptance criteria.
63 items your team needs to track — in one document.
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The Problem

Why Most Infor Migrations Go Sideways

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Bad data gets carried over.

Dirty records migrate into your new system and contaminate reporting from day one.
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Critical data gets left behind.

Compliance-sensitive records fall through the cracks with no recovery path.
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Hidden issues surface mid-project.

This forcing teams to rework decisions under pressure when the budget is already spent.
The root cause is almost always the same: teams jump into vendor calls and project timelines before they've mapped what they actually have, who owns each decision, and where the data risks hide.
This checklist fixes that gap.
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What's Inside

Everything You Need Before You Mobilize

Our checklist walks your team through the work that needs to happen before you mobilize a project or select a partner.
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Environment Snapshot

Document your platform, modules, integrations, custom programs, and data volumes in one place so scope estimates start from facts.
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Data & Retention Decisions

Define what migrates, what gets archived, and which reporting periods affect your cutover window.
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Ownership & Governance

Assign named owners to every workstream, establish escalation rules, and set a decision cadence that prevents mid-project delays.
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Risk Mapping Worksheet

Score five critical risk areas: data quality, mapping complexity, integrations, testing readiness, and cutover constraints — then assign owners and mitigation actions.
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Timeline & Vendor Scorecard

Sequence your milestones with entry and exit criteria, then walk into your first vendor conversation with real data and pointed questions.
Your Migration Partner

We Know What's at Stake When You Migrate

We've worked alongside enterprise teams who spent months carrying real anxiety about their migration, from the timeline and audit exposure to whether production would hold up through cutover. That concern makes sense. Your data is the foundation everything else runs on, and getting migration right the first time matters more than getting it done fast.
About JK Seva

JK Seva has delivered Infor consulting and migration services for over 25 years. We are one of the longest-running Infor partners in the industry, and our consultants bring deep technical knowledge of Infor Cloud`Suite and Lawson S3, across HCM, financials, and supply chain.

Our team has served 500+ organizations across all 50 states in healthcare, government, finance and banking, and hospitality and gaming, industries where data accuracy and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable.

500+
Clients served
50
States
25+
Years of Expertise
7 Phase
Proven Methodology
Get Your Free Checklist

Download the Migration Planning Checklist

Get a structured framework for evaluating your Infor environment, mapping risk points, and building a migration-ready timeline.
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Immediately usable document

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No sales call required

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Works for any Infor environment

Frequently Asked Questions

Common Questions About Infor Data Migration

It gives your team a structured way to document what you have, who owns each decision, and where the risks are — before timelines and vendor conversations start driving the process. Most migration problems trace back to work that should have happened in this phase but didn't.

Great! Use this as a gap check. Teams that pick it up mid-planning consistently find blind spots in data ownership, retention requirements, or crosswalk documentation that would have been much more expensive to catch later.

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Most firms start planning after the contract is signed. We built our proprietary 7 phase process from 25 years of Infor-specific migration work because we've seen what happens when this phase gets skipped.

It covers Lawson S3, CloudSuite, and other Infor platforms across HR, Payroll, Benefits, Finance, and Supply Chain. If you're running Infor, it applies.

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