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Content Migration Services

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At Agile Collective, we specialise in seamless content migrations. 

Our holistic approach starts with your content strategy and identifies the best migration approach tailored to your users' needs for each type of content.

With extensive experience migrating from legacy systems to Drupal, we offer ready to use solutions to common migration challenges. 

 

We can facilitate a smooth migration whether you're moving from another CMS, upgrading from a legacy version of Drupal, or restructuring content on your current Drupal site.

With our extensive experience in large-scale content migrations, we'll ensure your content is optimised, well-structured, and strategically aligned to perform at its best.

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Simon
Content Migration Lead

Book Your Free Consultation

The consultation includes: 

  • a discussion of your organisational needs 
  • what gaps might exist in your knowledge and skills
  • a general introduction to content migration and our ways of working
Email Simon to discuss how we could help your organisation

 

Our Content Migration Process

Our proven methodologies and ready-to-go solutions ensure your migration process is repeatable, tested, and well-understood.

Step 1. Discovery Phase

We begin with a discovery phase to understand your content strategy and the unique requirements for each content type.

This involves:

  • Conducting an audit of content types, volumes, and relevance, to ensure you better understand your content and its value.
  • Identifying the best approach for migrating each type of content.
  • Collaboratively creating a migration strategy and plan that includes input from all stakeholders, providing a clear roadmap for the project.
  • Identify the most cost-effective approach.

This phase ensures that our migration approach is tailored to your specific needs and mitigates the risks associated with automated migrations.

Step 2. Migration Strategy and Planning

In this phase, we develop detailed migration specifications that outline the process for each content type. 

Our systematic planning ensures that all aspects of the migration are thoroughly considered and documented, providing a strong foundation for the migration process.

Key activities include:

  • Defining the migration approach and tools to be used, ensuring the best value solution for each type of content.
  • Creating a migration plan that includes timelines and milestones, fostering confidence through a well-structured approach.
  • Engaging stakeholders to gather input and ensure alignment, improving user and stakeholder engagement through a collaborative approach.

Step 3. Automated Migration and Transformation

Our automated approach ensures efficiency and accuracy, reducing manual effort and errors, and providing a tested and repeatable migration process.

Utilising Drupal’s migrate API, we perform automated migration and transformation of your content. 

This includes:

  • Setting up automated jobs for content migration, ensuring repeatability and efficiency.
  • Transforming content to fit the new structure and formats, improving the relevance and usability of migrated content.
  • Ensuring data integrity and consistency throughout the process. This is critical for a seamless launch and consistent user experience.

We also implement continuous migration throughout the project to keep your content up-to-date. This involves:

  • Regularly migrating new and updated content, ensuring that your content remains current and aligned with user needs.
  • Monitoring and validating migrated content to maintain high quality and relevance.
  • Making adjustments as needed to ensure accuracy and relevance, fostering confidence in the ongoing migration process.

Step 4. Content Modelling and Support

We assist with content modelling for new content types, ensuring they are optimised for the new system. 

Our comprehensive support ensures your team is well-equipped to handle new content types and maintain consistency, enhancing user and stakeholder engagement.

Our support includes:

  • Guiding stakeholders on best practices for content modelling, enhancing the consistency and usability of new content types.
  • Providing training and resources for managing new content types, ensuring that your team is well-equipped to maintain the content.
  • Offering ongoing support and troubleshooting for migration-related issues, providing continuous assistance to maintain content quality.

Step 5. Testing and Validation

Our rigorous testing ensures confidence in the migrated content, and a smooth launch, enhancing the overall user experience.

Before the final migration, we conduct thorough testing and validation to ensure a seamless transition. This includes:

  • User testing to validate the accuracy and usability of migrated content, ensuring the migrated content is right for your end user.
  • Stakeholder reviews to ensure all requirements are met, improving confidence in the migration process.
  • Final adjustments based on feedback and testing results, ensuring a seamless launch with thoroughly user-tested migrations.

 

Related services

Systems Integrations with Drupal

Support and Maintenance

Web Development

Managed Drupal Hosting (3rd party)

Content Strategy

Content Audit

 

Book Your Free Consultation.

The consultation includes: 

  • a discussion of your organisational needs 
  • what gaps might exist in your knowledge and skills
  • a general introduction to content migration and our ways of working
Email Simon to discuss how we could help your organisation.