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Knowledge. Performance. Impact.MBI – GP Strategies Company Confidential
Best Practices for Migrating your LMS
Building a Business Case for MigrationPresented by: Katie Wirth, Assistant Director, Business Development, GP
Strategies
Charles DeNault, Senior Director, Product Marketing, Saba
Conversation Information
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Katie WirthAssistant Director, Business Development, GP
Strategies
Charles DeNaultSenior Director, Product Marketing, Saba
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Agenda
• Upgrade/Replacement Business Drivers
• Building the Business Case
• LMS Selection
• LMS Migration Best Practices
• Key Takeaways
• Q & A
Best Practices for Migrating Learning Technologies:
Reduce fear and create a strategy for Success!
Reasons for Upgrading or Migrating your LMS
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Usability Disparate SystemsReporting features
Vendor support
New TechnologiesAppears outdated
Lack of mobile
features
Need for a single solution
Changing needs
Integration challenges
Delays in new
features
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Poll
• Reporting
• Usability
• Consolidating multiple LMSs
• Integration with other systems
• Mobile learning
• Social learning
• Current LMS is just too old
• Other (tell us in chat)
What is your main reason for
moving to a new LMS?
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Why should you CHANGE?
• What do you need from an LMS that the current
solution is not providing?
• What are your pain points with the current solution?
• What key business issues can be addressed by a
new LMS?
• What is your vision for the future of learning that your
organization needs to provide?
• What is the cost/benefit analysis for migrating to a
new solution?
Building the Business Case
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LMS Selection
1. Create a short list of systems to evaluate
2. Write and distribute an RFP
3. Evaluate the proposals
4. Develop a set of use cases
5. Create a vendor scorecard
6. Observe and evaluate vendor demos
7. Select LMS
Steps to select a new LMS
Next steps
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Now what?
You’ve selected your new LMS…
You’re ready to migrate…
LMS Migration BEST PRACTICES
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Best Practice #1
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Data Migration Considerations
• Garbage in, garbage out
• Archiving
Best Practice #2
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Engage the Right Resources
• Ensure stakeholder buy-in
• Determine project team
• Establish governance committee
Best Practice #3
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Carefully Plan Your Cutover
• Allow for enough time
• Sunsetting your old system
Best Practice #4
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Strategize your Launch
• Conduct a Pilot
• Enable appropriate functionality
Best Practice #5
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Communication &
Change Management
• Determine training requirements
• Sell the destination…
Poll
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What do you think will be your
biggest challenge with moving to a
new LMS?
• Data migration
• Engaging the right resources
• Technical cutover
• A successful launch
• Change management
• Other (let us know in chat)
Key TAKEWAYS
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• Identify the need to migrate
• Select a new LMS
• Ensure a solid migration strategy,
implementing best practices
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Katie WirthAssistant Director, Business Development
Phone 443.562.0461
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