So after weeks of test migrations, data integrity checks, and end-users testing functionality we finally went live with SugarCRM, replacing the Goldmine database the company was using for 9 years. Each time we did a test migration something changed drastically adding a bit more time to the actual conversion. It was riding right around 4 hours, not bad, but that decided to change on me at the last second. On the live migration everything decided to break, even though I had done it the same way four times before. It took me about 12 hours of my time last weekend to make it happen for the Monday launch. After stressing and getting some grey hair I fixed everything and got it done.
This week has been crazy though, because there were a lot of things the end-users did not catch the first couple times around, so we had to be creative to fix the import issues. In the end, everyone is fairly happy with the transition, though I have about 10 feature requests pending. At least that means I have work to do! Heh.
It was definitely a cool experience. It feels good to be congratulated by the owners when they were skeptical about the migration. I have learned a lot about how SugarCRM works, so that is great. I have learned to love portions of it, and hate others, which is a big change from hating it altogether.
Anyway, more work to do!
Ryan Jauregui