Guide

Migration Process

Choosing the right DAM system is one of the most important decisions you'll make. This guide explains the role your DAM program plays in the migration process and how to prepare your assets to make migrating them easier.

Discovery

In this article, we cover how this decision and process directly impacts the migration process, and how you can take steps before you've bought a new platform to make sure the moving process is less of a headache for your team.

Planning

In this article, we outline what pieces of information should be included in your migration plan and some best practices to make executing that plan easier.

Preparation

Before moving into a new DAM platform, you’ll need to do some prep work to prevent overwhelming yourself and your team. The most important part of that preparation is establishing your DAM standards and answering the technical questions to ensure a smooth migration.

Execution

You’ve done all the work necessary to ensure that your file migration runs as smoothly as possible. Now all that’s left to do is to implement your project roadmap and DAM standards.

Validation

In the same way, moving all your assets into their new home isn’t the final step in the migration process. In this article, we'll talk about what's left.

Launch

In this article, we’ll talk about how using your new DAM system, along with updated standards and workflows, can enable your organization to grow and excel by enhancing its content, creativity, branding, and marketing efforts.

Next Steps

Now that you have a fully-furnished DAM platform with the features and workflows you need to execute your day-to-day, you get to live in it, too.

Successfully Take the Next Step in DAM

If you're ready to develop an effective DAM program, work with Stacks to ensure you cover all the details. We approach the process with a personalized focus to establish workflows suiting your operation. These systems develop consistency while offering simple operations, so your teams can implement them seamlessly into their work. Get in touch with our DAM experts today.