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One of the services we are frequently asked to help our customers with is reviewing their database (application) designs before they perform an upgrade to Notes/Domino. (There are several other reasons to do this such as server consolidation, domain consolidation, etc.) I am surprised by the number of customers who do not do this sort of thing on a more regular basis. Actually, I think most of them do this sort of thing from time to time, but not on a regular schedule or in any kind of a standard way.

It seems a bit short-sighted to begin a Domino upgrade without this preparation. What are the reasons this isn’t done on a more regular basis and in a more standardized way? Does the day-to-day work get in the way of this sort of work? Does this only gain priority when you are about to take on a project the size of a Domino upgrade? Is it that the risks (and commensurate benefits) are not understood?

I know a lot of IT governance seems like unnecessary process or overhead to your already over burdened Notes shop. In this case though, it seems like straight forward good practice to get the results of this sort of analysis prior to beginning a Domino upgrade? What am I missing?

By the way, if you are interested, the guys from our EMEA office along with Rocky Oliver are presenting a webinar on this topic Wednesday, February 18 at 9:00 am EST. The webinar will be archived for those of you who are interested in attending but can’t make this time.