DevOps migration index find big bang platform migrations drain budgets

"The survey found that 57 percent of respondents spent more than $1 million on migration projects in the previous year, and those efforts ran an average of 18 percent over budget. Beyond financial strain, nearly 70 percent of technology leaders reported increased developer burnout and declining morale following major migrations. Perhaps most concerning, 75 percent said that security integrations became harder to maintain after consolidation."

"The findings suggest that the traditional "big-bang" migration approach - in which organizations attempt to consolidate or replace entire DevOps platforms at once - often produces the opposite of its intended results. Instead of driving efficiency and innovation, these efforts have drained budgets, slowed delivery, and introduced new operational risks that counteract modernization goals. According to CloudBees, the DevOps Migration Index was created to provide data-driven clarity to organizations weighing whether large-scale modernization should be approached incrementally rather than through disruptive overhauls."

CloudBees' DevOps Migration Index analyzes how large enterprises manage modernization across software delivery ecosystems. A survey of more than 300 enterprise IT and technology leaders found a consistent pattern of cost overruns, project fatigue, and diminished returns on large-scale migration efforts. Traditional "big-bang" platform consolidations frequently drain budgets, slow delivery, and introduce operational risks instead of driving efficiency and innovation. The survey data shows 57 percent spent over $1 million, migrations averaged 18 percent over budget, nearly 70 percent reported increased developer burnout and declining morale, and 75 percent reported harder-to-maintain security integrations after consolidation. The findings favor incremental modernization approaches over disruptive overhauls.

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