Intelligence Checklist
A step-by-step checklist for enterprises preparing their legacy estate for a Migration or Modernization.
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What Next Pathway's Intelligence Checklist covers
Before a Migration or Modernization begins, you need to know exactly what's in your estate. This checklist walks the three phases that get you there — a full-estate scan, a unified Enterprise Intelligence Graph, and SLMs trained on it. Any source, any target.
The Foundation: Full-Estate Scan
Our SLMs scan the four layers of your legacy estate: column-level ETL logic parsed from source code, semantic meaning and lineage traced from actual data flow, real access and usage behavior, and the documents and SOPs around the code. Every table, job, report, and dependency cataloged — nothing gets missed downstream.
Unify: The Enterprise Intelligence Graph
Everything scanned in Phase 1 resolves into a single governed graph. Logic, meaning, behavior, and knowledge merged into one contextual model, with cross-system relationships reconstructed from how data actually flows. Access rules built into the graph from day one, not bolted on later.
Train & Choose Your Path
SLMs trained directly on your graph, validated against hundreds of real migrations rather than synthetic data. From here you can take either path — Migration, where SLMs transform, test, and deploy translated code to your target platform, or Modernization, where they map, define, and build certified data products. Both lead to AI readiness.
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What a Structured Cloud Migration Covers
A successful cloud migration requires a clear plan across four disciplines — any source, any target.
Discovery and dependency mapping
Every table, job, report, and dependency scanned and cataloged into one contextual intelligence layer — column-level ETL logic, semantic model and lineage, real access and usage logs, and the documents and SOPs around the code. Partial visibility creates surprises later.
ETL strategy and sequencing
Decide upfront whether pipelines are rewritten natively or repointed, and base scope and sequencing on actual access and lineage data rather than assumptions. This single decision changes effort across the whole migration.
Automated code translation
Legacy SQL, stored procedures, and complex ETL translated automatically onto your target platform, following its native syntax and conventions. 100% automated code coverage, zero manual intervention, 100% of core business logic preserved.
Testing, parity, and cutover
Build the test plan before any code is translated. Automated testing frameworks and data validation prove 1:1 functional parity before production — with business users and SMEs defining success criteria so parity is judged against real usage.
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