Command Centre
The real-time migration progress dashboard. A single view of all active events, move groups, and task statuses — your first stop every morning during active migration phases.
Overview
The Command Centre is the primary real-time migration progress dashboard in Clarity Migrate. It consolidates all active migration events, move groups, runbook tasks, and risk indicators into a single, unified view — so you can assess the health of every ongoing migration without navigating through multiple modules.
It is intentionally read-only. Rather than editing data directly, the Command Centre is designed to give you situational awareness and surface the links you need to act quickly — whether that means escalating a blocked task, drilling into an at-risk move group, or navigating to a specific runbook.
Project managers typically open the Command Centre as the first task of their day during active migration phases, and keep it visible in a browser tab throughout cut-over windows.
When to Use
- Daily stand-ups — use it as your status screen to report progress across all active events.
- Active migration phases — keep it open during planning weeks to spot slipping move groups early.
- Cut-over windows — pin it open in a second monitor or shared screen during live cut-over execution.
- Identifying blockages — quickly see which tasks are Blocked and navigate to them directly.
- Stakeholder check-ins — it provides an at-a-glance summary suitable for sharing with executive stakeholders.
Key Features
Using the Command Centre
Navigate to Migrations → Command Centre from the top navigation. The dashboard loads automatically and displays all events with active or in-progress status. Bookmark this URL for quick morning access.
Scan the Event Summary section at the top. Each row represents a migration event and shows: overall status badge, total move groups, completed vs remaining tasks, and the go-live date. Use this as your talking points for a stand-up report.
Scroll to the Move Group Progress section. Look for progress bars shown in amber or red — these indicate move groups that are behind schedule or have blocked tasks. Any move group with a completion percentage significantly below the expected percentage for the current date warrants investigation.
Click on an event name to open its detail view, showing all move groups and tasks for that event. Click on a move group name to see its runbook and current task list. All names in the Command Centre are clickable links.
In the Task Status section, click the Blocked count for any event or move group. This filters the task list to show only blocked tasks with their blocker notes visible. You can then navigate directly to each task to read the escalation notes or assign actions.
Check the Risk Indicators column in the Event Summary. A flag icon with a number indicates how many open high-severity risks are recorded against that event. Click the flag to navigate to Governance → Risks filtered to that event.
Dashboard Sections
The Command Centre is a read-only view — there are no editable fields. The following describes each section and what it displays.
| Section | What It Shows | How to Act on It |
|---|---|---|
| Event Summary | One row per active migration event. Shows event name, status badge, go-live date, total move groups, and overall task completion percentage. | Click the event name to drill into its detail view. |
| Move Group Progress | Progress bars per move group within each event. Colour-coded: green = on track, amber = at risk, red = blocked or severely delayed. | Click a move group name to open the move group detail and its linked runbook. |
| Task Status | Runbook task counts grouped by status: Pending, In Progress, Completed, Blocked. Updated in real time as engineers update tasks. | Click a status count (especially Blocked) to view the filtered task list. |
| Timeline | A Gantt-style rolling calendar showing all migration events' start dates, go-live dates, and end dates as horizontal bars. | Read-only visualisation. Use to identify schedule overlaps or gaps. |
| Risk Indicators | A flag and count for each event showing the number of open high-severity or critical risks recorded in the Governance module. | Click the flag to navigate to Governance → Risks filtered to that event. |
Example Workflow
It is 8:00 AM on a Wednesday. The migration PM opens the Command Centre as her first task of the day.
She scans the Event Summary and sees that Wave 2 — Datacentre B to Cloud is showing an overall completion of 38%, behind the expected 52% for this point in the schedule.
She scrolls to Move Group Progress and immediately spots that MG-004 Finance Apps has a red progress bar at only 45% completion with 3 tasks showing as Blocked.
She clicks the Blocked count, which opens the task list filtered to the 3 blocked tasks. Each task has blocker notes: two are waiting on a vendor firewall change, and one is waiting on a database backup confirmation from the DBA team.
She navigates to Governance → Actions and creates two escalation actions: one assigned to the network team lead to chase the firewall change, and one assigned to the DBA team lead to confirm the backup. She sets both actions as high priority with a due date of today.
Back in the Command Centre, the Risk Indicators column also shows a flag with "1" against Wave 2. She clicks through to Governance → Risks and sees an open high-severity risk about a third-party application compatibility concern. She adds a status update to reassure the risk owner that it is being monitored.
Tips
Bookmark it. The Command Centre URL is your fastest path to an overall status view — bookmark it in your browser for instant access.
Pin it during cut-over. Keep the Command Centre open in a dedicated browser tab or on a second screen during live migration execution. It updates in real time as the team marks tasks complete.
Use it during planning too. Don't wait until cut-over to check it. During the planning and preparation phase, the Command Centre shows whether T-Minus tasks are on track and whether move groups have runbooks assigned.
Trust the Risk Indicators. A risk flag in the Command Centre means an open high-severity risk exists. Even if you believe it is under control, verify it has an assigned owner and a mitigation date before a cut-over window.
Common Mistakes
Only opening the Command Centre during cut-over. The dashboard is most useful during the weeks leading up to go-live, when you still have time to address slipping move groups and escalate blocked tasks. By cut-over, it is too late to resolve most issues.
Ignoring the Risk Indicators column. Risk flags in the Command Centre are there because they were escalated. They do not disappear on their own. Unaddressed high-severity risks directly threaten migration success.
Not drilling into Blocked tasks promptly. A Blocked status on a runbook task means work has stopped. Every hour a task stays blocked during a migration window erodes the schedule. Treat Blocked tasks as urgent escalation items, not things to check at end of day.