Data conversion and integrations for enterprise programs
The software is rarely the risk. The data going into it and the connections coming out of it are, and they sink more go-lives than any other workstream. I help you run them so your date holds.
Enterprise platforms are proven. What decides the outcome is whether the data holds and the interfaces work on cutover weekend. Gartner projects that by 2027 more than 70% of ERP initiatives will miss their business case, and when large programs slip, conversion and integrations are usually where the slip is made. Those are not software failures. They are failures of ownership, sequencing, and test discipline, and every one of them is decided months before go-live.
I sit on your side of that work. Independent, client-side, with no stake in how many hours the program burns. The job is to make conversion and integrations a governed critical path, with a named owner for every data domain and a data-readiness gate that is honest.
The shift I createNine areas, managed before cutover.
Each one is a place where a program quietly loses its date, and where a little discipline pays for itself.
Scope & retention
Convert, archive, or start fresh. Default to balances and active master data.
Data quality
Profile early and cleanse at the source, before the first mock and through every cycle.
Ownership & RACI
A named business owner per domain. The SI runs the tooling, not the accountability.
Mapping & design
A signed source-to-target mapping that defines what converted correctly means.
Mock conversions
At least three, reconciled to the dollar, none passing without cleared defects.
Integration inventory
Built from your process map, rated by criticality, with owners on both sides.
Architecture
Point-to-point for the simple, a platform for the close-critical and high-volume.
Test sequencing
Gated on reconciled data and a frozen config. Parallel cycles protected.
Cutover & first close
Rehearsed twice, a hard readiness gate, daily control-total reviews.
The full field guide, and a toolkit for the cutover.
The conversion field guide
All eleven sections in depth, with real examples, the convert-history vs. balances-only call, and one move that matters most in each area.
Read the guideThe readiness toolkit
A pre-cutover readiness checklist across all nine areas, plus a go-live quick reference. Built to keep beside your cutover plan.
Download the toolkit (PDF)The red-flag checklist
The failure modes that quietly cost a program its date, with the fix for each, inside the guide.
See the red flags →Put independent eyes on your conversion plan.
If your go-live rides on data conversion and dozens of integrations, a candid review of the plan before cutover is the cheapest insurance you will buy.