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Organizational and human 

Chapter 3.

factors planning

This chapter provides useful information regarding non technical issues that 

correlate with a client migration. In contrast to migrations in a data center, you 

have to consider many more human and organizational factors justified by the 

fact that a migration will affect the daily work of the end users. 

The sections in this chapter are:

3.1,  Assessing usage patterns  on page 28

Considerations and sample segmentation model for assessing usage 

patterns

3.2,  Establishing functional continuity  on page 30

Defines  functional continuity  and stresses the importance of taking 

advantage of this when possible

3.3,  Human factors  on page 33

Considerations for planning how to manage transitions and expectations.

3.4,  Retraining considerations  on page 34

Methods to consider for minimizing the cost and time associated with 

retraining users

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