Name the sponsor, program owner, and consolidation decision rights
Govern and design the target endpoint program
2 person-daysCritical
Define the endpoint populations and operating systems in scope
Govern and design the target endpoint program
4 person-daysCritical
Establish a baseline endpoint and ownership inventory process
Govern and design the target endpoint program
4 person-daysCritical
Map the current endpoint tools, agents, owners, contracts, and data flows
Govern and design the target endpoint program
5 person-daysCritical
Define the required management, protection, detection, response, and reporting capabilities
Govern and design the target endpoint program
4 person-daysCritical
Record platform, remote-work, offline-device, and regulated-system constraints
Govern and design the target endpoint program
3 person-days
Approve the target platform boundary and any retained specialist tools
Govern and design the target endpoint program
3 person-daysCritical
Define migration waves and fixed sequencing criteria
Design and prove the endpoint migration
4 person-days
Define pilot success, failure, rollback, and evidence criteria
Design and prove the endpoint migration
3 person-days
Prepare the target policy, configuration, role, and exception baseline
Design and prove the endpoint migration
5 person-daysCritical
Define coexistence controls for overlapping or conflicting agents
Design and prove the endpoint migration
4 person-daysCritical
Pilot a representative endpoint group with an approved rollback path
Design and prove the endpoint migration
5 person-daysCritical
Validate control coverage, operational workflows, performance, and support readiness
Design and prove the endpoint migration
5 person-daysCritical
Resolve pilot gaps and record the production go or no-go decision
Design and prove the endpoint migration
3 person-daysCritical
Migrate production waves with bounded pause and rollback criteria
Migrate, retire, and operate endpoint controls
8 person-daysCritical
Confirm target coverage and remove legacy agents from migrated endpoints
Migrate, retire, and operate endpoint controls
5 person-daysCritical
Retire approved legacy services, data flows, access, and contracts
Migrate, retire, and operate endpoint controls
4 person-daysCritical
Transfer ownership, metrics, exceptions, and executive reporting to routine operations
Migrate, retire, and operate endpoint controls
3 person-daysCritical