Informatica PowerCenter Migration Checklist 7/28/2003

__ 1. Have all naming standards been used?

__ 2. Have the mappings/workflows been documented? Including:
- descriptions and text within the PowerCenter mappings and workflows;
- restart instructions; and
- special handling instructions.

__ 3. Have the mappings/workflows been sufficiently tested? Have they run in Test with no errors at least twice, preferably longer?

__ 4. Have DDL scripts moved to production? Are there additional objects/DDL to move to production for source or lookup tables?

__ 5. Optional, but critical: Have the business users reviewed the test data and approved the results?

__ 6. Has a folder comparison been done between the source and target repositories? Have all folder differences been explained as being necessary?

__ 7. Have reasonable error checks been coded for in the error handling routines?

__ 8. Has the default session configuration been used/altered for this folder? If there have been changes, list the changes.

__ 9. Has the fail parent option been checked?

__ 10. Have all test settings such as “collect performance data” been disabled?

__ 11. Are there sequence generators that need the current values adjusted? What should the current value be?

__ 12. Have any reusable objects been used? Have they been documented?

__ 13. Have post-session emails been set up and are the proper email addresses used?
(Indicate whether a failure is critical or not.)

__ 14. Have relational connections been reviewed and are they correct?

__ 15. Have mapping and session parameters and variables been reviewed, values set?

__ 16. Has a code review been completed? Check for compliance with standards? Check performance efficiency?

__ 17. Have the session failure variables been reviewed?