# Total effort summary
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**Considering migration** **scope of 1 cluster \| 100\+ applications. The following table represents the total effort summary.**


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| Phase | Hours (Range) | 
| --- |--- |
| Discovery and assessment | 428 | 
| Target environment setup | 520 | 
| CI/CD pipeline migration | 240 | 
| Application migration execution | 1,270 | 
| Testing and validation | 504 | 
| Cutover and go-live | 232 | 
| Post-migration support | 352 | 
| **Subtotal** | **3,546** | 
| Contingency buffer (20%) | 709 | 
| **Grand total **(base effort \+ 20% contingency \+ project management overhead) | **4,255 Hours** |