- Current Version of Sitecore?
- Helpful to identify the scope of migration.
- List of all components and their uses and dependencies?
- Helpful to identify the dependencies and scope of migration
- What is the approach for digital assets/Media library management?
- To understand the type of content like audio, images, multimedia and how they are managing.
- What is the current search approach
- Is the solution multilingual? If so, does the content on the multilingual versions differ?
- To understand the scope and complexity of the migration.
- What is the current architecture and process flow of the CD and CM server?
- To understand the current infrastructure and deployment process.
- Help to decide the migration approach.
- Scope for performance and process improvement.
- List of Sitecore customizations types and their details?
- Pipeline customization
- Changes in the caching approaches and settings?
- Changes in the web.config?
- Url aliases or rewriting implemented?
- What is the design of current Information architecture, content models and data models?
- For migration and performance prospective we should know what all our content are interdependent/linked or reusable.
- To define the serialization approaches for the migration
- To understand the inputs, Outputs, and Designs
- To understand what types of content elements appear consistently on multiple pages or sites.
- Required Server configuration (Software and Hardware) latest version and load balancer details
- It’s required to check the compatibility with the Sitecore new version.
- Help to decide the migration approach.
- We can review and suggest the Scope for the performance improvement.
- Are all existing sites compatible on MVC framework?
- There is a lot of architectural difference in MVC and web form like web form work with Page controller pattern and MVC work on the front Controller approach.
- In case of migration from web form to MVC all the existing rendering and design components needs to be reviewed or rewritten.
- List of modules which implemented/added like WFFM, Email campaign connector or CRM connector etc. And their latest version details?
- It’s required to check the compatibility with the new version
- To understand the scope like In case of WFFM, it will require more manual process
- Challenges like cannot add form from the new Experience Editor interface
- Important aspect of Solution Upgrade.
- Any custom modules is integrated like Advanced Database Crawler, blogging, SES, etc.)
- List of website instances and their features.
- To understand the technical challenges and scope of migration.
- Help to design and upgrade the components
- Is there any mobile device detector module associated
- Help to decide the migration approach.
- What all are the custom roles defined?
- Help to decide the scope of migration
- A list of the system template changed/manipulated?
- Help to decide the scope of migration.
- Are all website code are using Sitecore standard field rendering or not?
- To understand the scope of migration.
- What all are databases used, required their version details.
- Help to decide the scope and possibility as Oracle database is not yet supported in the latest version
- How much dependencies of Analytics data?
- It helps us to define the scope of migration.
- Any out of the box customization like HTTP handlers?
- It helps us to define the scope of migration.
- What is the Content authoring approach and what all are the workflow implemented?
- To understand the scope of migration.
- To understand the scope of migration.
- Is there any global and template specific placeholder settings implemented?
- To understand the scope and complexity of the migration.
- What all are the types of authorization role to access the content?
- Very important to understand their security model that they have given/implemented for the users.
