GitHost Migration Working Group

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• Attributes
• Business Goal
• Exit Criteria
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Outcome

Attributes

Property	Value
Date Created	January 30, 2020
Target End Date	April 24, 2020
Actual End Date	May 12, 2020
Slack	#wg_githost_migration (only accessible from within the company)
Google Doc	GitHost Migration Working Group Agenda (only accessible from within the company)

Business Goal

Successfully migrate a key customer from GitHost.io to GitLab.com. More details on the specific customer in Google Doc above.

Exit Criteria

1. Define acceptance criteria for customer. => Done The customer has stated they want all data migrated across. We have confirmed scope of data included in migration, which is viewable by following the Migration Features link here.
2. Identify and deliver issues blocking migration efforts in this epic. => Done.
3. Complete an end-to-end testing plan and conduct a migration dry-run. => Done.
4. Document known risks as part of the migration process. => Done Risks listed here. Working Group to add approval for each risk.
5. Execute on migration for customer. => Done Start Date 13th April. End Date 13th May.

Roles and Responsibilities

Working Group Role	Person	Title
Executive Stakeholder	Christopher Lefelhocz	Senior Director of Development
Facilitator	Allison Walker	Professional Services Project Manager
Functional Lead	Liam McAndrew	Backend Engineering Manager, Manage:Import
Functional Lead	Jeremy Watson	Group Product Manager, Manage
Functional Lead	Michael Lutz	Senior Director of Professional Services
Functional Lead	Paul Harrison	Security Manager, Security Operations
Member	Haris Delalić	Product Manager, Manage:Import
Member	George Koltsov	Backend Engineer, Manage:Import
Member	Désirée Chevalier	Software Engineer in Test, Manage
Member	Sanad Liaquat	Senior Software Engineer in Test, Manage
Member	Glen Miller	Professional Services Engineer
Member	Petar Prokic	Professional Services Engineer, EMEA
Member	Sean Hoyle	Customer Success Manager
Member	Luca Williams	Product Manager, Manage:Spaces
Member	Lyle Kozloff	Support Engineering Manager

Outcome

The key customer was successfully migrated from GitHost.io to GitLab.com. As part of this process a new Group Import/Export API was introduced and the reliability of our Project Import/Export functionality was improved. Thank you for everyone's contribution in the Working Group.