Company growth will depend on many factors like decision making and what type of infrastructure they follow for business success. Let’s learn about some mistakes to avoid while scaling your infrastructure.
Sustainable change requires three traits:
- Agility
- Flexibility
- Scalability
All of these are indispensable to the growth of the business. Growth may take place in many different ways, like acquisition, breakthrough business models, partnerships, and good old organic growth.
Irrespective of the strategy, the common road for the growth of several companies is infrastructure. Modernization of infrastructure leads to a change in the present technologies of business. It could be a tough task for the business in terms of investment, but a much-needed step towards obtaining growth and generating revenue. Tying technology that is too old could be even harder to maintain a high growth rate.
The problem is just not limited to decades-old companies with some outdated technology. For example, a firebrand startup named WeWork is stocked with hundreds of completion running of tens of millions of dollars due to years of patchwork. It was the scenario before the release of the IPO.
On the other hand, a cosmetic Giant named ‘Revlon’ is facing lawsuits from investors because their migration of SAP ERP went wrong. In short, smooth migration in modern technology can either make or break your business.
What are the mistakes that companies make while scaling their infrastructure?
Expecting a monolithic migration
A big challenge faced by companies during Monolithic Migration is implementing all new systems at once. The typical advice is to go for iterative rollout. It allows all the needed adjustments to be made bit by bit. Successful conversions also include enough space in the budget for data migration.
Underestimating the scope of legacy customization
The other challenge is Legacy Customization. You will find multiple problems in fixing this if you do not know what exactly will break your customized code before the actual conversion project. It has the potential to delay the live data or drain resources and budgets. The advice is to analyze accurate efforts and provide assessments to accelerate conversion projects and minimize go-live errors.
Not providing proper training to the employees on new workflows
Many times, companies face migration, and they do not even train their employees with the new systems. It leads to new problems and a frustrated workforce. The advice is to understand the software, flexibilities, and train employees before the migration. It is also important to point out an ineffective workforce. It enables the companies to prioritize which company to migrate first. The new adjustments are also made before moving them to the new platform.
As the project is completed, there is a way to quickly identify user’s challenges, workflow complexities, and adoption gaps. It leads to intelligent and rapid remediations.
Being rigid about legacy customization
Legacy customizations are so well equipped that it would be impossible to break the codes without breaking the systems. The advice is to follow the rapid application software development approach. It works according to the customer legacy systems that help to guide, inform, and educate their front-line workers. The emphasis is given to understand the importance of extending a legacy functionality.
