SaaS, also known as Software as a Service, is a cloud service that has won massive popularity in recent years. The worldwide public cloud services end-user spending will be approximately $171 thousand by the end of 2022. The trend is predicted to grow even more, and it is no stopping. The advantages of cloud computing are innumerable, and it gives a significant benefit for the ones adopting it in a growing IT market.
If you are someone considering migrating your existing application to SaaS architecture, you need to start by considering the following factors
Would your customers benefit from a SaaS solution? - No doubt that the SaaS application has many benefits. However, collecting customer feedback on how they will feel moving forward with a SaaS-based application is always recommended.
Time-resource scope triangle - With limited resources and little time, you can't accomplish "all the things" (as is frequently the case with migrations because you don't want to pay for two systems for an extended period of time). The ability to prioritize effectively will determine if the migration is successful, and frequently delivering the most crucial feature on schedule will satisfy the stakeholders. Providing they are aware of when the "nice to haves" will arrive.
Not everything will be migrated - It can be challenging to understand this one, but chances are your current system has a lot of undesirable data or content that you don't want to import into the new one. The old items you are considering copying out of concern about losing "historical data" will do nothing but create clutter in your new space.
Some things need to be reorganized - In keeping with the analogy of moving apartments, your new place has a different floorplan than your old one, so your workstation could wind placed in the living room instead of your bedroom or that plant in the kitchen. Recognize the same thing with the new system you are putting in place. Given the new chance to reconsider workflows and processes, it is worthwhile to spend some time considering how your data/content should be bucketed because the data structure, user interface, and functionality are different (which is why you are switching).
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