Avoiding common pitfalls when migrating legacy configuration settings to CCaaS
Here’s how you can avoid common pitfalls in CCaaS migration so you can reap its rewards from day one.
Are you planning to eliminate your reliance on outdated and inefficient processes in your legacy contact center operations by migrating to a CCaaS environment? You’re on the right track!
CCaaS is a great option for modern CX delivery as it enables contact centers to access advanced features, integrate with various applications, scale up or down as needed, and reduce costs and complexity.
However, migrating your legacy configuration settings from your on-premise contact center to CCaaS is no simple task. It involves a lot of planning, preparation, and execution to ensure a smooth and successful transition.
Along the way, contact center migration projects may encounter various pitfalls and challenges that could jeopardize their CCaaS migration project. Let’s take a deeper dive to explore how these can be avoided.
Avoiding common pitfalls when migrating legacy configuration settings to CCaaS
Here are the common pitfalls associated with CCaaS migration that you should avoid to ensure a smooth transition.
Failing to execute proper discovery and documentation
Discovery and documentation are important for CCaaS migration because they help you understand your current legacy configuration settings and define your requirements and expectations for the new CCaaS platform. Without proper discovery and documentation, you may encounter various problems during the migration, such as incompatibility, data loss, performance degradation, or customer dissatisfaction.
Overestimating the scalability of the platform
Scalability is a key factor for CX migration because it determines the ability of the CCaaS platform to handle the increasing and fluctuating demands of your contact center operations. Overestimating the scalability of the platform will result in you being unable to handle varying call and other communication volumes, data storage, processing, analysis, system integrations, and complex workflows.
Neglecting the security and compliance aspects
Security and compliance are crucial for CCaaS migration because they ensure the protection and privacy of your contact center data, as well as adherence to the relevant laws and regulations. Not properly understanding the compliance standards and requirements of the CCaaS platform can lead to vulnerabilities and breaches, standard violations, legal violations, and even liabilities and penalties.
Underestimating the change management and training needs
Change management and training are essential for CCaaS migration because they enable your contact center teams and stakeholders to adapt to and adopt the new CCaaS platform. CCaaS platforms may have different change management and training needs and challenges, such as resistance and rejection, confusion and frustration, errors and mistakes, or dissatisfaction and churn—and understanding them is vital.
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If you are planning your CCaaS migration and want to avoid these pitfalls, Blackchair’s Clarity Automated Discovery Service will be of use to you.
Clarity can help you identify and address unaligned legacy configurations, built-up redundancy, unused configurations, and poor translation data to help you optimize your migration processes.
Identify valuable configurations, eliminate redundant configurations, and identify operational change and habits to drive CCaaS transformation requirements with Blackchair’s Clarity Automated Discovery Service.
FAQs
Since legacy contact centers are inefficient, you may face several risks, such as losing your competitive edge, falling behind customer expectations, wasting resources on maintenance and upgrades, and exposing your data to security and compliance threats.
You can use various metrics and indicators, such as cost savings, performance improvement, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement. You can also use feedback and surveys to collect qualitative data and insights from your customers and staff.
The duration of the migration project depends on various factors, such as the size and complexity of your contact center environment, the features you need, and the data migration and change management strategies you use. Generally, it can take anywhere from a few weeks to a few months to complete the migration.
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