Which points should be considered in your carve-out procedure - whether from an SAP or another system.
1. Meticulous planning
True to the motto "any project is only as good as its preparation," establishing a clear project plan at the beginning of any carve-out is critical. It must be clarified: What data specifically needs to be moved out of my systems? To which target system should the data be migrated? What are the timelines? Are there regulatory issues that need to be addressed and can certain data possibly even be deleted? The answers to these questions are crucial for the entire transformation concept. Without this clear overview, you risk errors, unnecessary costs and delays in your carve-out.
2. Close cooperation with IT
A carve-out has a major impact on IT areas, which is why the people in charge play a key role in this regard. As soon as it is clear that a carve-out project is on your doorstep, you should get your IT department on board. The IT experts know the data and system landscapes of the individual business units best and can provide essential input on the right migration procedure. If IT also works in close coordination with the business departments, you can react more flexibly to necessary migration requirements. Frictional losses can thus be prevented as far as possible.
3. Professional carve-out project management
To keep an eye on tasks, timeframes and costs, you should leave carve-out management in the hands of professional IT project managers. Ideally, they already have experience from other carve-out projects. In addition, they know how to pull together the threads between all the business units involved and coordinate tasks and fixed deadlines.
4. External expertise
The effort involved in a carve-out is often underestimated. Suddenly, it becomes clear that the necessary expertise is lacking internally, that there are not enough resources available, or that technical requirements need to be approached differently. At the latest, this is the point where you should think about the support of external experts. With a specialized partner like Natuvion, you benefit not only from in-depth carve-out know-how, but also from proven implementation methods and IT solutions.
5. Choice of transformation/ETL software
Carve-out projects are often subject to a tight schedule and usually have to be implemented during ongoing business operations - without affecting them. In order to keep business interruptions as low as possible (near zero downtime) or, ideally, to avoid them altogether, the right processes and tools are essential. The use of transformation software or an ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) tool can be a real game changer. Not only can it reduce project duration and risk, but it can also cut resource requirements, error-proneness and costs. With our Natuvion Data Conversion Server (DCS), for example, we offer such software. As an ETL platform, the Natuvion DCS enables customized de-migration and migration services - from any source system to any target system with maximum automation and maximum flexibility. In addition, it can analyze data in detail before the transformation and validate it after the transformation.
