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Client Dashboard · May 2026 — Feb 2027
AEM → Sitecore AI Migration
Timeline
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M2
Foundation
Jul 2026
M3
Build & Migrate
Nov 2026
M4
Go Live
Jan 2027
M5
Hypercare
Feb 2027
Discovery key dates
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June 2026
Session
In person
Milestone
Holiday
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
1
Pre-checklist deadlineComplete by today
2
TA onboarding to HDSyd afternoon
✈ George arrives Syd
3
KickoffSyd 4–5pm
4
Tech onboardingSyd 3–4pm
5
Business Overview1 hr
8
TA Public Holiday
9
Content, DAM & MultilingualSyd 3–4:30pm
10
Technical ImmersionSyd 3–5pm
Transperfect call1:30pm Syd
11
Content ImmersionSyd 3–5pm
12
Design ImmersionSyd 1:30–3:30pm
15
✈ Ed arrives Syd
✈ Mikul arrives Syd
✈ Varun (TBC)
Meg PTO
16
Meg PTO
17
✈ Meg arrives Syd
18
Design System early review1 hr
19
Ryan PTO
Meg PTO
22
CMS Playback Overview1:30pm Syd · 2 hrs
23
Tech & Arch Review1pm Syd · 3 hrs
24
Content Mapping10am Syd / 4am Dub
25
Sitecore Demo1pm Syd / 7am Dub
26
CMS Wrap Up10am Syd / 4am Dub · 5 hrs
Discovery ends
29
30
M1 Discovery sign-off
Status snapshot
● On Track
Project is in discovery.
We are in week 2 of discovery. We completed the first official kick-off week, including formal onboarding, discovery kick-off, and key setup activities. This week is focused on immersion sessions, helping Horizontal build deeper context across TA's content, design, and technical landscape. View the Discovery Plan →
Current phase
Discovery
Next major milestone
Playback · 22 Jun
Main risks right now
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MED
Mitigated
In-person session attendance risk due to visas
Owner
Horizontal
Update
Mitigated — sessions re-sequenced and schedule adjusted. Current impact resolved.
FYI
Monitoring
Component count differences between Confluence and source code
Owner
Horizontal
Update
Early observation — documenting differences between Confluence spec and code source to share with TA. No action required at this stage.
Latest status report
Week of 8 Jun 2026 — view status report
Published every Monday
Open report →
Next invoice
Invoice #2 — Milestone 2 · Foundational and Solution Design
Jul 2026 · $97,525.00 excl GST · $107,277.50 incl GST
View full schedule →
Project KPIs
On Track
Migration parity
Functional and quality equivalence with AEM across all 5 sites — features, integrations, assets, performance, SEO and accessibility maintained at go-live.
On Track
Operational improvements
Measurable efficiency gains for the TA team — faster content launch, easier personalisation, less duplicate effort, smoother day-to-day operations.
On Track
Future ready
Platform and team capability positioned to support TA's ambitions beyond day-one parity — new XMC features adopted, technical debt reduced.
On Track
On time delivery
All milestones tracking to plan for the Jan 2027 launch.
Action tracker
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Current actions
Pre-kickoff 5 actions
Owner
Action
Deadline
TA + HD
Brooke and Meg to discuss office access for the team for next week and the week after
Arrange access for HD team on-site at TA Sydney
This week
HD
Mikul and Nick to finish chatting about the URL mapping
Follow up from technical immersion session
This week
Project Management
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Project files
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Project plan
10-month plan, milestones, sprint cadence
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RAID log
Risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies — view live log
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Weekly status reports
Latest: Week of 8 Jun 2026 — published every Monday
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Meeting notes
All meeting recordings & notes saved here
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Scope tracker
Coming soon — will be added shortly
Invoicing schedule
▾Project Deliverables
Here are all the deliverables for the project. Once a deliverable is added, the link will appear on the dashboard.
Pre-kickoff checklist
TA pre-kickoff items, intros & onboarding — live Confluence page
✓ Complete
Kickoff deck
Project intro, ways of working, governance & team structure — 3 Jun 2026
✓ Complete
Component mapping
AEM-to-XMC component mapping tracker — in progress
In progress →
Design deliverables
Design system, tokens & UI guidelines — in progress
In progress →
Solution design document
Technical architecture & solution design — not yet started
Not started →
Discovery deck output
Full Discovery findings & recommendations — target end of M1
Pending
Build
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Build plan
Sprint plan, component & integration sequencing
Pending
CMS training
Sitecore AI training pack for TA editorial & admin teams
Pending
Demo link
Build environment for in-progress reviews & sprint demos
Pending
UAT
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UAT link & tracker
Test pack, sign-off forms & defect tracker — available from M4
Pending
Go Live
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Go-live plan & tracker
Cutover plan, readiness checklist & hypercare tracker
Pending
Hypercare
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Hypercare report
Post launch report — defects, fixes, performance & sign-off
Pending
Your team at Horizontal
Managing Director · Sponsor
George Smith
Your project sponsor — Managing Director and Horizontal leader, accountable for the success of the engagement.
gsmith@horizontal.com
Tech Lead
Varun Shringarpure
Your on-the-ground Tech Lead — close to the build, hands on with the team and the code.
vshringarpure@horizontal.com
Frontend Tech Lead
Mikul Gohil
Our Frontend Tech Lead — responsible for the look and feel of the website.
mgohil@horizontal.com
Project Manager
Megan Lawler
Your Project Manager — responsible for the day-to-day running of the project.
Mlawler@horizontal.com
Strategist
Edward Stott
Your Strategist — shapes the vision and requirements that guide the project.
estott@horizontal.com
Invoice schedule
| # | Date | Amount (excl GST) |
Amount (incl GST) |
Description | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 2026 | $97,525.00 | $107,277.50 | Milestone 1 Contract Commencement & Discovery | ✓ Paid |
| 2 | Jul 2026 | $97,525.00 | $107,277.50 | Milestone 2 Foundational and Solution Design | Pending |
| 3 | Sep 2026 | $132,307.12 | $145,537.83 | Milestone 3 · Part 1 Development, Integration and Migration — checkpoint 1 | Pending |
| 4 | Nov 2026 | $132,307.12 | $145,537.83 | Milestone 3 · Part 2 Development, Integration and Migration — checkpoint 2 | Pending |
| 5 | Jan 2027 | $132,307.12 | $145,537.83 | Milestone 3 · Part 3 Development, Integration and Migration — completion | Pending |
| 6 | Mar 2027 | $58,195.27 | $64,014.80 | Milestone 4 Testing, Validation and Launch | Pending |
Source: Services Agreement & SOW. The agreed schedule above is the contractual reference point — for the signed copy, see the Contract folder on SharePoint. For payment status, raise queries with your Horizontal Project Manager.
Discovery Plan & Daily Schedule
View on Confluence
Tourism Australia · AEM → Sitecore XM Cloud migration · 2 Jun – 30 Jun 2026
Note: Mon 8 Jun is a TA public holiday — no client sessions. Horizontal internal work continues remotely.
Team arrivals — in person at TA Sydney:
- George — Mon 1 Jun (in person for all sessions throughout)
- Ed & Mikul — Mon 15 Jun
- Meg — Wed 17 Jun
- Varun — weekend before Mon 15 Jun
Daily plan
Week of 1 Jun
| Tue 2 Jun | Wed 3 Jun | Thu 4 Jun | Fri 5 Jun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major milestone | Kickoff | |||
| Major deliverables | Kickoff deck | |||
| Sessions | Pre-kickoff prep (internal) | Kickoff (1 hr) 4–5pm Syd / 10–11am Dub | Tech onboarding 3–4pm Syd / 9–10am Dub | Business Overview Immersion (2 hrs) 3–5pm Syd / 9–11am Dub |
| Daily standup — agreed to start July | ||||
| Weekly status | ✓ | |||
| Horizontal tasks |
Content: Kickoff prep
Design: Kickoff prep
Dev: Kickoff prep |
Content: Kickoff
Design: Kickoff + DS Foundation start
Dev: Kickoff |
Content: Pre-immersion prep
Design: DS Foundation
Dev: Tech onboarding, env setup |
Content: Pre-immersion prep
Design: DS Foundation
Dev: Source-code audit |
| Where | Remote | Remote | Remote | Remote |
Week of 8 Jun — Immersion week
| Mon 8 Jun | Tue 9 Jun | Wed 10 Jun | Thu 11 Jun | Fri 12 Jun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major milestone | TA Public Holiday | Immersions complete | |||
| Major deliverables | TA Public Holiday | Content Audit delivered Integration Specs delivered | |||
| Sessions | TA Public Holiday | Content, DAM, Multilingual & Translation onboarding (pre-immersion) 3–4:30pm Syd / 9–10:30am Dub | Design Immersion (2 hrs) 1:30–3:30pm Syd / 7:30–9:30am Dub | Content Immersion (2 hrs) 3–5pm Syd / 9–11am Dub | Technical Immersion (2 hrs) 3–5pm Syd / 9–11am Dub |
| Daily standup — agreed to start July | TA Public Holiday | ||||
| Weekly status | TA Public Holiday | ✓ | |||
| Horizontal tasks |
Content: Pre-immersion prep
Design: DS Foundation
Dev: Source-code audit |
Content: Content Audit drafting
Design: DS Foundation
Dev: Integration Specs drafting |
Content: Content Audit
Design: DS Foundation
Dev: Integration Specs |
Content: Content Audit
Design: DS Foundation
Dev: Integration Specs |
Content: Content Audit DUE
Design: DS Foundation
Dev: Integration Specs DUE, SDD start |
| Where | TA Public Holiday | Remote | Remote | Remote | Remote |
Week of 15 Jun — Build week + early reviews
| Mon 15 Jun | Tue 16 Jun | Wed 17 Jun | Thu 18 Jun | Fri 19 Jun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major milestone | |||||
| Major deliverables | Content Audit early review | Integration Specs early review | Design System early review | DS Foundation delivered | |
| Sessions | Consolidation (internal) | Content Audit early review (1 hr) | Integration Specs early review (1 hr) | Design System early review (1 hr) | |
| Daily standup — agreed to start July | |||||
| Weekly status | ✓ | ||||
| Horizontal tasks |
Content: Content Hub structure
Design: DS Foundation
Dev: SDD, Gap mapping, CMS prototype, Gap Analysis |
Content: Content Audit early review + Content Hub
Design: DS Foundation
Dev: SDD, Gap mapping, CMS prototype, Gap Analysis |
Content: Content Hub
Design: DS Foundation
Dev: Integration Specs early review + SDD, Gap mapping, CMS prototype, Gap Analysis |
Content: Content Hub
Design: Design System early review
Dev: SDD, Gap mapping, CMS prototype, Gap Analysis |
Content: Content Hub
Design: DS Foundation DUE
Dev: SDD, Gap mapping, CMS prototype final, Gap Analysis |
| Where | Remote | Remote | Remote | Remote | Remote |
Week of 22 Jun — Playback week (in person)
| Mon 22 Jun | Tue 23 Jun | Wed 24 Jun | Thu 25 Jun | Fri 26 Jun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Major milestone | Playback begins | Playback complete | |||
| Major deliverables | Gap mapping playback | SDD playback | Content Hub Structure playback | ||
| Sessions | CMS Playback Overview (2 hrs) 1:30pm Syd · in person | Tech & Arch Review (3 hrs) 1pm Syd · in person | Content Mapping 10am Syd / 4am Dub · in person | Sitecore Demo 1pm Syd / 7am Dub · in person | CMS Wrap Up (5 hrs) 10am Syd / 4am Dub · in person |
| Daily standup — agreed to start July | |||||
| Weekly status | ✓ | ||||
| Horizontal tasks |
Content: Content Hub
Design: Playback prep
Dev: CMS prototype early review + SDD, Gap mapping, Gap Analysis |
Content: Content Hub final
Design: Playback prep
Dev: SDD, Gap mapping final, Gap Analysis |
Content: Playback support
Design: Playback support
Dev: Gap mapping playback + SDD, Gap Analysis |
Content: Playback support
Design: Playback support
Dev: SDD playback + Gap Analysis |
Content: Content Hub playback
Design: Playback support
Dev: Gap Analysis |
| Where | In person | In person | In person | In person | In person |
Week of 29 Jun — Sign-off
| Mon 29 Jun | Tue 30 Jun | |
|---|---|---|
| Major milestone | Discovery sign-off | |
| Major deliverables | Gap Analysis & Go-Forward Plan sign-off | |
| Sessions | — | Discovery sign-off |
| Daily standup — agreed to start July | ||
| Weekly status | ||
| Horizontal tasks |
Content: —
Design: —
Dev: — |
Content: —
Design: —
Dev: — |
| Where | Remote | Remote |
Gantt — Full plan
Workstreams shown as bars. ◆ = major milestone. ▼ = major deliverable event. ✓ pink = weekly status. Grey column = TA public holiday. Daily standups begin July.
| June 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workstream | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | M | T | W | T | F | M | T |
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 30 | |
| Major milestones | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ◆ | ||||||||||||||||
| Major deliverables | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ▼ | ||||||||
| Sessions | Prep | KO | TO | BI | CO | DI | CI | TI | Cons | CAr | ISr | DSr | CMr | Pp | P1 | P2 | P3 | SO | SO | ||
| Weekly status | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||||||||
| Kickoff deck | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Design System Foundation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Content & Asset Audit | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Integration Specifications | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Solution Design Document (SDD) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Component & Template Gap mapping | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sitecore CMS prototype | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Content Hub Structure & Architecture Diagram | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gap Analysis & Go-Forward Plan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Where | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | IP | IP | IP | IP | IP | R | R |
Session legend
- Prep Pre-kickoff prep
- KO Kickoff
- TO Tech onboarding
- BI Business Overview Immersion
- CO Content, DAM, Multilingual & Translation onboarding (pre-immersion)
- DI/CI/TI Design / Content / Tech Immersions
- Cons Consolidation
- CAr/ISr/DSr/CMr Content Audit / Integration Specs / Design System / CMS prototype early reviews
- Pp Playback prep
- P1/P2/P3 Playback Days
- SO Sign-off
Team on site at TA Sydney — June 2026
Green = confirmed. Orange = confirming.
| Person | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 29 | 30 | |
| George — arrived Mon 1 Jun, in person throughout | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Varun — weekend before Mon 15 Jun | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mikul — arrives Mon 15 Jun | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ed — arrives Mon 15 Jun | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Meg — arrives Wed 17 Jun |
All Discovery Sessions
All confirmed sessions across the Discovery phase. Remote sessions run in the 9–11am Dubai / 3–5pm Sydney window unless noted. IP = in person (Sydney, w/c 22 Jun).
| # | Date | Session | Sydney time | Dubai time | Length | Attendees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wed 3 Jun | Kickoff | 4:00–5:00pm | 10:00–11:00am | 1 hr | TA + HZTL core teams across all departments |
| 2 | Thu 4 Jun | Tech onboarding | 3:00–4:00pm | 9:00–10:00am | 1 hr | Dev team both sides |
| 3 | Fri 5 Jun | Business Overview | 3:00–4:00pm | 9:00–10:00am | 1 hr | TA Business / Strategy / Executive |
| 4 | Tue 9 Jun | Content, DAM, Multilingual & Translation onboarding | 3:00–4:30pm | 9:00–10:30am | 1.5 hrs | Brooke + content team, DAM/Library, Translation (GlobalLink owners) |
| 5 | Wed 10 Jun | Technical Immersion | 3:00–5:00pm | 9:00–11:00am | 2 hrs | Nick + tech architects, Ben (QA), Infrastructure, Security, DevOps |
| 6 | Wed 10 Jun | Transperfect call | 1:30pm | 7:30am | 1 hr | Translation / Transperfect team |
| 7 | Thu 11 Jun | Content Immersion | 3:00–5:00pm | 9:00–11:00am | 2 hrs | Content, Authors, Translation, DAM/Library |
| 8 | Fri 12 Jun | Design Immersion | 1:30–3:30pm | 7:30–9:30am | 2 hrs | TA brand + design team (Design, Brand, Visual, UX) |
| 9 | Thu 18 Jun | Design System early review | TBC | TBC | 1 hr | Design leads both sides |
| 10 | Mon 22 Jun | CMS Playback Overview IP | 1:30pm | 7:30am | 2 hrs | TA + HZTL core teams |
| 11 | Tue 23 Jun | Tech & Arch Review IP | 1:00pm | 7:00am | 3 hrs | Tech architects, Nick + HZTL tech leads |
| 12 | Wed 24 Jun | Content Mapping IP | 10:00am | 4:00am | 3 hrs | Brooke + content team, HZTL content team |
| 13 | Thu 25 Jun | Sitecore Demo IP | 1:00pm | 7:00am | 2 hrs | TA + HZTL full team |
| 14 | Fri 26 Jun | CMS Wrap Up IP | 10:00am | 4:00am | 5 hrs | TA + HZTL full team |