Data Architecture Modernization 6-Weeks Assessment

DataArt helps our clients evolve an insight-driven organization through data management and Agile BI systems and practices, and by enabling AI, machine learning and data science. We are uniquely positioned to extend our clients' existing solutions with Microsoft Azure capabilities by helping add them into their solution depending on the technology stack or type of infrastructure that the vendor currently has. The main modernization approach for Azure Data Platform includes: Azure Data Lake Storage (Gen2), Azure Synapse Analytics, Azure Data Factor, Azure SQL Server, Azure Power BI Service, Azure Data Explorer / Kusto etc.

1. Capture priority business Data & Analytics use cases for the solution
2. Assess readiness for the modernization on the client side
3. Prepare and transfer artifacts that comprehensively describe the developed architecture

• Work with team leads on client side to focus on current state analysis
• Gather requirements for data security, retention, compliance, and geo location restrictions
• Capture and document business processes

• Iteratively come up with final solution state for the project implementation and getting started with Azure cloud architecture
• Identify skills and knowledge gaps in client's team and plan a training / staffing session
• Develop a project transition plan aligned with uninterrupted business processes, current state, and desired architecture
• Perform security and compliance assessment of the plan and apply updates accordingly
• Project transition

• Solution and data architecture diagrams
• POC plan description: technical and organizational activities
• Infrastructure plan description: capabilities and costs (assigned to date)