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A Seamless Migration: Transitioning from Your Old CMS to Zesty

Migrating an enterprise website to a new Content Management System (CMS) is a multifaceted endeavor that demands meticulous planning and execution. In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the intricate stages of this process, from the initial Discovery phase to the ongoing post-launch Implementation. Each step plays a critical role in ensuring a seamless transition and optimal performance of your digital presence.

Definitions:

Zesty: The Zesty company 

Customer: The Subscriber to a Zesty license

Implementer: This is the individual or group who configures the schematics and templating within the Zesty platform. The implementer can be an ODD, Agency, and/or Customer internal developer.

ODD: On Demand Developer program from Zesty. These are individuals leased to the Customer from Zesty.

Agency: 3rd party agency hired by the Customer but is not associated with Zesty.

Phase 

Responsibility

Resource

Notes

Discovery

Zesty

Zesty Management

Project Plan

Customer

Customer

The customer will be responsible for overseeing and project managing the overall migration and implementation.

Migration Planning

Zesty

Zesty Management

Migration

Zesty

Zesty Engineers

Developer Training

Zesty

Zesty Support

The resource who gets trained is the developer or agency who will be implementing

Implementation

Customer

Implementer

The implementation can simultaneously occur with migration

End User Training

Customer

Implementer

The implementer will be responsible for training the end user

Testing & QA

Customer

Implementer

Launch

Customer with help of Zesty

Implementer

Ongoing Implementation

Customer

Implementer

Common Terms:

By Gisele Blair

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