Getting Started
Onboarding overview
The Acquia Migrate Accelerate onboarding is delivered through Acquia Academy,
which is Acquia’s learning management platform. You can also get onboarding
support from Acquia Professional Services, if required.
With Acquia’s self-paced electronic learning program, you can:
- Gain familiarity with this product on your own schedule
- Develop the skills required to migrate your sites to Drupal
Onboarding resources
The following resources are available to support you during your onboarding:
Planning for success
Acquia has identified that successful migrations have alignment
across the project team and organization. Acquia suggests that you identify
personnel for the following roles:
- Executive Sponsor: Provides the vision and acts as the primary
stakeholder for the success of the migration.
- Project Manager: Facilitates and tracks the progress of the
implementation, and acts as the primary point of contact.
- Technical Server Administrator: Sets up the infrastructure for test, user
acceptance, and production.
- Platform Owner or Administrator: Acts as the technical leader who takes
ownership of the origin site or platform across departments, with deep
knowledge of structure, configuration, and use of the platform.
- Enterprise Architect or Drupal Developer: Is an experienced Drupal
developer who provides insight into the desired Drupal content architecture
model that can be used on the Drupal site.
- Content Editor: Provides input on content structure and mapping, and
enrichment rules for content.
Customer preparation
The onboarding is most effective if you:
- Have leadership alignment: Senior level leaders must align on the digital
strategy and architecture of the final platform, and make it a priority for
the team. If you can articulate why you are migrating to Drupal, and what
business challenges you want to solve by doing so, the migration can be
accomplished with achieving those goals in mind.
- Have defined success metrics: Having clear, measurable, and universally
understood criteria helps all parties to measure and articulate the success of
the platform.
- Have an implementation team: You must have the right team to design the
right content architecture, and develop applications using Drupal.
You can do it internally, or through a development partner or Acquia
Professional Services.
- Get trained and certified: You can identify project participants,
developers, site builders, and account administrators who need access to the
Acquia Migrate Accelerate onboarding resources. Drupal certifications are
available for developers. Such certifications can increase confidence in the
final design use of the platform. For more information, see Acquia Certification Study Guides.
- Have Drupal skills: Having an experienced Drupal architect or developer
prior to the start of the migration project is a must. This person is
instrumental in designing and adhering to a content architecture model that
works in Drupal and meets your needs.
Acquia Academy outcomes
You must meet the following success criteria after you complete Acquia
Academy courses:
- You understand what to expect of your experience working with Acquia Migrate
Accelerate products and services.
- You understand how to conduct a migration using Acquia Migrate Accelerate.
- You accessed Drupal e-learning and other related resources that can assist
you.
- You can conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT) on your migration.
- You understand how to launch your new website.
Onboarding success checklist
Your team must review the following checklist as you navigate your onboarding:
- You can access Acquia Migrate Accelerate functionality when you are logged
into Cloud Platform.
- You can conduct a test migration.
- You understand what Acquia Migrate Accelerate can do and not do related to
your migration.
Additional support
Acquia offers supplemental support through Professional Services engagements
for those seeking additional guidance with migration, including:
- Consulting hours
- Discovery, planning, and architecture workshops
- Full-service site migration
For more information about the available options, see Professional Services Product Guide or
contact your Acquia Account Manager.
