How CI Financial ran parallel teams on AWS Transform
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This article describes how CI Financial executed a large-scale VMware-to-AWS migration using AWS Transform with two parallel teams working concurrently to meet a license renewal deadline.
- Split 259 servers across two teams using odd/even wave allocation to balance workload and prevent collisions
- Used shared AWS Transform workspace with separate jobs and role-based access control for team isolation
- Created shared prompt repository standardizing cutover execution, reducing new engineer proficiency time to two sessions
- Built automated inventory pipeline to validate data before migration, eliminating manual row-by-row checks
- Achieved 22-minute average time-to-cloud per server with zero infrastructure rollbacks across all waves
- Completed migration in 23 weeks with concurrent wave preparation and execution, saving estimated 2.5+ hours per wave
The parallel team model with standardized processes and shared resources enabled CI Financial to migrate 215 application servers and 44 database servers safely and efficiently without operational collisions.
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