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DoD Software Migration Planning

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This report describes migration planning, identifies influencing factors, outlines a set of planning activities, and offers guidelines for the planning process.
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Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-2001-TN-012
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6573320.v1

Abstract

The DoD often faces the challenge of migrating from legacy systems to new target systems. Such migration efforts represent a complex engineering problem. These efforts call for a migration plan to supplement the development plan. The migration plan addresses issues associated with phasing out legacy systems and moving to the new system. These issues include user interface compatibility, database compatibility, transition support, system interface compatibility, and training. By producing and implementing a migration plan, a development organization can help a user community make the transition in an orderly fashion.  

This note describes migration planning, identifies influencing factors, outlines a set of migration planning activities, and offers a set of guidelines for the migration planning process.

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Bergey, J., O'Brien, L., & Smith, D. (2001, August 1). DoD Software Migration Planning. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2001-TN-012). Retrieved September 22, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6573320.v1.

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author={Bergey, John and O'Brien, Liam and Smith, Dennis},
title={DoD Software Migration Planning},
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year={2001},
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institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
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note={Accessed: 2026-Sep-22}
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Bergey, John, Liam O'Brien, and Dennis Smith. "DoD Software Migration Planning." (CMU/SEI-2001-TN-012). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, August 1, 2001. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6573320.v1.

J. Bergey, L. O'Brien, and D. Smith, "DoD Software Migration Planning," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-2001-TN-012, 1-Aug-2001 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6573320.v1. [Accessed: 22-Sep-2026].

Bergey, John, Liam O'Brien, and Dennis Smith. "DoD Software Migration Planning." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-2001-TN-012). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Aug. 2001. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6573320.v1. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

Bergey, John; O'Brien, Liam; & Smith, Dennis. DoD Software Migration Planning. CMU/SEI-2001-TN-012. Software Engineering Institute. 2001. DOI: 10.1184/R1/6573320.v1. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6573320.v1

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