Data Governance Software migration risk checklist before you switch platforms.

Fast Use Case

This page is for a buyer who is close to a vendor call, renewal decision, migration approval, or shortlist meeting and needs a sharper private artifact before spending more time with sales teams.

Export and data shape

• Which Data Governance Software records, attachments, comments, custom fields, automations, permissions, and audit trails can be exported before cancellation?
• Can the buyer test an export from Collibra Data Intelligence Platform, Informatica Cloud Data Governance and Catalog, Alation Data Intelligence Platform, Atlan Active Metadata Platform or the current vendor before committing to the new workflow?
• Which reports, IDs, approval states, historical activity, or files will be lost, flattened, or recreated manually?

Implementation and rollback

• What has to run in parallel until the new platform is proven?
• Which integrations, webhooks, accounting syncs, directories, or support channels break if object IDs or workflow states change?
• Who owns rollback if the new tool fails during the first live cycle?

Contract and renewal timing

• What notice period, auto-renewal clause, downgrade rule, data retention period, or support cutoff affects the switch date?
• Which implementation, onboarding, migration, support, storage, API, or overage fees are outside the quoted price?
• What written evidence should be collected before approving the switch?

Operational ownership

• Which internal owner signs off on roles, permissions, data cleanup, training, and final cutover?
• Which users or teams will lose a familiar workflow and need a written fallback?
• What public-safe information can be shared for a fixed-scope risk review without exposing contracts, credentials, logs, or customer data?

Public Product Context