Practitioner Code of Conduct
The values everyone in the PDM practitioners community agrees to uphold.
Version 2026-06-12
We're a community of professionals working to improve the practice of data migration and the outcomes it delivers. Listing yourself in the directory means agreeing to the conduct below. It's short, and mostly common sense.
Who we are
We're practitioners who care about getting data migration right. We share what we learn, we're honest about what goes wrong, and we raise the standard of the discipline together.
How we behave
- Professional and respectful. We keep a professional tone and treat each other with respect, including when we disagree.
- Good colleagues. We compete on the strength of our ideas and our work, not by undermining others. A rival on a bid can still be a respected peer in the community.
- Honest and accurate. We represent our experience, role, and certification truthfully - in our listing and in discussion.
- Generous with knowledge. We help others learn, and we're open about lessons from real projects, successes and failures alike.
What's not on
- No marketing or spamming other members. The directory and community are for connection and knowledge-sharing, not a list to push sales or promotional messages at.
- No harassment or personal attacks of any kind.
- No misrepresentation - don't claim certifications, roles, or results you don't hold.
Your listing
Listing in the directory is voluntary and your responsibility to keep accurate. Each listing is reviewed before it goes public. You can remove yourself at any time from your profile. We may remove a listing - or membership of the community - where this code is not followed.
Personal capacity
Unless clearly stated and visible to all, you take part as an individual in your personal capacity, not as a representative of an employer or any third-party organisation.
Updates
If we update this code, we'll ask you to read and re-accept it before your listing stays live. This page always shows the current version (2026-06-12).