Bad data quality is a finding, not a surprise
Why we assess before we quote, and why that protects you as much as us.
The traditional migration horror story has a fixed plot: the price was agreed, the work began, the data turned out to be worse than anyone admitted, and the project spent months in change-control trench warfare while the relationship curdled.
The plot hole is at the start: the price was agreed before anyone had profiled the data. Nobody would price a house renovation without a survey. Migration suppliers price data moves without one constantly, then act surprised on both sides.
Assessment first, always
Our first engagement is always a readiness assessment: two weeks, fixed fee, in which we profile every source system — nulls, duplicates, orphaned records, referential breaks, format drift, the works. Out comes a data quality findings report, a risk register, a migration plan, and a fixed delivery quote we're prepared to sign.
Why this protects the buyer
Data quality problems found in an assessment are priced findings: you decide, with numbers in front of you, what gets remediated, what gets transformed around, what gets accepted. Problems found mid-migration are leverage — someone else's leverage, over you, on a deadline. The assessment also makes you a better buyer even if you never hire us for delivery: the roadmap is yours to keep, and any competent integrator can execute against it. We're relaxed about that. The conversion rate speaks for itself.
Got a cutover date? Tell us the source system, the target, and the deadline — we'll tell you within 48 hours whether we can hit it and what the Assessment will cost.
freddie@godwit.uk