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7. Migration Strategy — Lift, Shift or Rearchitect?
So, What Are Your Options?
There are three main migration strategies:
Why Lift-and-Shift Falls Short
What Usually Changes (Even in Minimal Migrations)
Even when we don’t touch the app code, we almost always:
Then, post-migration, we add:
And as trust builds, teams often go further:
Don’t Ask "Should We Refactor?" Ask "When?"
Strategy Criteria? Standardize Everything.
The only variation is the order of operations. Start with things that:
Traps to Avoid
We’ve seen teams stall or suffer when they:
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