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Complete platform redesign and migration of 6,000 users with zero downtime, delivering 30% increase in engagement and 25% boost in user satisfaction.
Integral Body Psychotherapy (IPD Center) delivers advanced psychotherapy education through a comprehensive Learning Management System, offering courses and training programmes to students and practitioners worldwide. As an international educational institute and premier ITP psychotherapy school, their mission centres on enhancing well-being and societal vitality through collaborative learning and knowledge advancement on a global scale.
However, their existing WordPress-based platform had become a significant barrier to that mission. The legacy system struggled with scalability, offered limited functionality for collaborative learning, and created friction in the user experience. With 6,000 active users relying on the platform daily for their professional development, the institute faced a critical challenge: how to modernise their entire digital infrastructure without disrupting the learning journey of thousands of students across multiple time zones.
The stakes were high. Any data loss, extended downtime, or confusing redesign could damage the institute’s reputation, disrupt ongoing courses, and undermine trust with their global community of learners and instructors.
IPD Center needed a partner who could execute a complete platform transformation whilst maintaining 100% continuity for existing users.
Before: Legacy WordPress platform with limited functionality and dated user experience
After: Modern React-based learning environment with enhanced collaborative features and intuitive interface
We were tasked with redesigning and developing an entirely new digital platform built on modern technology — React for the frontend and Node.js for the backend — whilst migrating 6,000 users from the legacy WordPress system with zero data loss and zero downtime.
This wasn’t simply a technology upgrade. It was a strategic transformation designed to:
Most organisations facing platform migrations treat them as purely technical exercises. They focus on moving data from System A to System B, hoping nothing breaks along the way.
IPD Center understood that their platform wasn’t just infrastructure — it was the foundation of their educational mission and the daily workspace for thousands of learners and instructors worldwide.
This case study demonstrates how a strategic platform transformation, executed with meticulous attention to user experience and data integrity, can:
The lesson? Platform migrations are opportunities for transformation — if you prioritise user experience alongside technical execution.
Migration Excellence
User Engagement & Satisfaction
Business Growth
Technical Foundation
Strategic Outcome The platform transformation did more than upgrade technology — it reinforced IPD Center’s position as a leading international institute for ITP psychotherapy education. By creating a modern, scalable learning environment, we enabled them to focus on their core mission: enhancing well-being and societal vitality through world-class education. The new platform became a competitive advantage, attracting new students whilst better serving existing learners.
Migrating 6,000 active users from a WordPress platform to an entirely new technology stack presented enormous risk. User profiles, course enrolment data, learning progress, certificates, and years of educational content all needed to transfer perfectly. Any data loss would be catastrophic for users mid-course, and extended downtime would disrupt live classes and learning schedules across multiple time zones. The complexity was compounded by the need to maintain data relationships and preserve the integrity of the educational records that many users relied upon for professional certification.
Our Solution: We designed and executed a phased migration strategy that prioritised zero disruption. First, we created comprehensive data mapping to ensure every piece of information had a clear destination in the new system. We then built robust ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes with extensive validation at every stage. Rigorous testing with representative data sets allowed us to identify and resolve edge cases before touching production data. We implemented a dual-running period where both systems operated in parallel, allowing us to verify data accuracy in real-time. Finally, we executed the cutover during a carefully chosen maintenance window with multiple backup points, ensuring we could roll back instantly if needed. The result: 100% data preservation and a transition so smooth that most users simply logged in to find an improved platform waiting for them.
Whilst a complete redesign was necessary to improve functionality and user experience, we faced a significant UX challenge: existing users had muscle memory and established workflows in the old platform. Too much change too quickly would create confusion, increase support burden, and potentially drive users away during the critical transition period. However, maintaining too much of the old design would waste the opportunity to address known pain points and usability issues. We needed to strike a careful balance between innovation and familiarity.
Our Solution: We collaborated closely with UX/UI designers and conducted extensive user research to identify which elements were essential to preserve and which could be reimagined. We mapped existing user journeys to understand where familiarity mattered most (navigation, course access, progress tracking) and where users were already experiencing frustration (search functionality, collaborative features, mobile experience). The new design maintained core navigation patterns and visual hierarchies that users relied upon, whilst introducing modern interface elements gradually. We implemented progressive disclosure techniques, allowing users to discover new features at their own pace rather than overwhelming them on day one. We also created comprehensive onboarding materials and contextual help to guide users through changes. This balanced approach reduced user confusion dramatically — support ticket volume during transition dropped by 40% compared to projections, indicating users adapted quickly and confidently to the new platform.
The old platform had numerous pain points that limited collaborative learning and frustrated users. However, introducing new features during a major migration created risk — too many changes could destabilise the system or create unexpected interactions. We needed to address stakeholder requirements for enhanced functionality without compromising the reliability that users depended upon for their professional education.
Our Solution: We took a stakeholder-driven approach to feature prioritisation. Through workshops and interviews with administrators, instructors, and students, we identified the most impactful pain points in the existing platform. Rather than building every requested feature immediately, we categorised them into “launch critical,” “phase two,” and “future consideration.” This allowed us to deliver meaningful improvements at launch (enhanced search, better mobile experience, improved collaborative tools) whilst maintaining a stable foundation. We implemented comprehensive testing protocols, including load testing and user acceptance testing, to ensure new features performed reliably under real-world conditions. Post-launch, we established a clear roadmap for rolling out additional features incrementally, allowing us to gather user feedback and optimise based on actual usage patterns. This disciplined approach delivered immediate value whilst laying the groundwork for continuous improvement.
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