PDM Academy
Learn the method that keeps a migration on track, with the business engaged and the risk under control. The complete online course in Practical Data Migration by Johny Morris: a short intro plus nine modules and around 9 hours of self-paced learning. No payment required.
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What's in the course
- 00 Course Introduction
- 01 Foundations
- 02 Strategy & Scope
- 03 The Analysis Phase
- 04 Governance & Methods
- 05 Technical Design
- 06 Build, Test & Execute
- 07 Data Migration Software
- 08 DHGS Case Study
- 09 Crisis Recovery
PDM Academy is the complete self-paced online course for Practical Data Migration - a short intro plus nine modules and around 9 hours of learning, plus the module quizzes. It's open access with no payment, and completing every module earns your certificate.
A look inside the course
Real lessons - clear written content, the DHGS running case study, and worked artefacts shown inline.
Who is this course for?
Anyone involved in planning or delivering a data migration project.
Data migration practitioners
Technologists who need a structured, repeatable methodology - whether this is your first migration or your fifth.
Thats Me
You get a method you can use immediately: clear steps, practical templates, and language that helps you align business and technical teams before issues become delivery risk.
Project & programme managers
PMs responsible for the migration workstream within a larger programme, who need to understand scope, risk, and dependencies.
Thats Me
You get a better grip on delivery risk and sequencing, so you can challenge optimistic plans early and run a migration workstream that does not surprise the wider programme.
Business analysts
BAs at the IT-business interface who want to see how data quality, stakeholder engagement, and transformation requirements fit together.
Thats Me
You get a practical way to frame quality and ownership decisions, helping you move conversations from vague concerns to specific, actionable business choices.
Executives & sponsors
Leaders who want to understand what good governance of a data migration looks like - the controls, the reporting, and the decisions they will face.
Thats Me
You get a governance view of migration so you can ask better questions, spot hidden risk, and fund the right work before delays and rework hit time and budget.
Self-paced, and built to stick
Self-paced, online, open access, and built around the DHGS case study - a realistic end-to-end migration project.
Video lessons
Core concepts in short, focused videos narrated in Johny Morris's own voice - watch in one sitting, revisit any time.
Text lessons & templates
Detailed written lessons accompany the videos, with the same PDM artefacts you would use on a live project.
Module quizzes
Each module ends with a quiz to consolidate learning and confirm the core concepts before you move on.
Work at your own pace
No cohort, no deadlines. Sign in with your email, track your progress, and pick up where you left off.
Yours to keep
A summary at the end of every module, and a downloadable practitioner field guide when you finish - the methodology and the PDM templates distilled to use on a real project.
Finish, and prove it
Complete every module and pass the quizzes to earn your PDM Academy completion certificate. You'll also leave with a downloadable practitioner field guide - the whole course distilled, with the PDM template library. The separate PDM Practitioner Certification - formal recognition of professional proficiency - is awarded following assessment by the PDM Policies and Approvals Committee.
