Just wrote part one of a two-part series on my recent experiences with a server room migration exercise that took place when my company relocated.

On staying involved with aspects of the project that has the potential to become show-stoppers - even if they are external ones:

My mistake here was in assuming that since external infrastructure issues are not within my jurisdiction, they could safely be ignored. In this instance however, it nearly proved to be a show-stopper.

On not giving an entire project to a single IT vendor:

A single, smaller IT firm might try to promise the sky, but might be unable to muster the requisite personnel, or lack the capacity, to attend to problems or last-minute changes. As you can imagine, failure to deliver is definitely not something I could have lived with in this instance!

Do check out: Lessons learned from a server room migration over at the TechRepublic Server and Storage blog.

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