Legacy Modernization Services

Reduce the risk

Legacy modernization means breaking one overwhelming project into a series of smaller, more doable projects. While 90% of large software projects are challenged or cancelled, just 24% of small projects end up that way. Modernizing step-by-step reduces the risk of a major budget or schedule overrun.

Prioritize the effort

Application modernization puts you in control. When you focus on the features that matter most, you’ll deliver powerful new value fast to those who need it most. Build momentum and get kudos quickly — without making the entire company wait until the entire platform is rebuilt.

Manage the change

Step-by-step software redesign empowers your employees. A roll-forward, roll-back strategy helps you manage the pace of change, smooth out spikes in the learning curve, and protect productivity. Modernization gives your employees ample time to learn and level-up as the platform improves.

Realize the Value

Modernization is an agile process that reduces up-front investment and speeds you to returns in a fraction of the time. With step-by-step software redesign, you also avoid a big write-off by depreciating your software capital investment over time.

Requirements nightmares

Your teams may be frustrated by a backend that’s out of step with today’s business requirements. But your old software has functionality your team doesn’t know about, and data your stakeholders have long forgotten. Requirements will slip through the cracks.

Meanwhile, requirements keep evolving. Even as the new system is being built, features may be added to the old one. This can create a death spiral where the new system can’t catch up to the ever-expanding scope of the old — and the budget soars out of control. Requirements gaps can keep a big project from ever launching at all.

Data migration gotchas

Many software development companies are only too glad to estimate a from-scratch platform build. Building from scratch lets developers create clean, streamlined code. But the old, patchwork system may hold hidden data your business depends on.

Moving data to its new home can reveal big problems: the new software doesn’t house it all correctly. Issues with the database schema upon which a new interface was built means workflows break, frustrations mount, and delays become inevitable.

Bumpy transitions

Whether your existing business software is well-designed or not, the fact remains that current employees know how to use it. Introducing a built-from scratch system over the course of a weekend plays havoc with your employees.

Even if the software is perfect — which it never is — basic tasks that used to take seconds now take minutes and even hours. Even with extensive training, asking employees to change core tools and processes too quickly is a recipe for service gaps. When your teams are stressed and frustrated, your customers will feel it.

All-or-nothing stakes

The new system everyone’s dreaming of will take a long time to develop. Any miss in the definition, communication, or implementation of system requirements will delay launch of the entire platform. And no system is perfect right away. Failure to deliver on time can cost a company millions — and a CTO their job.

An agile approach allows prioritization, iteration, and continuous improvement that builds trust with users as well as with executive decision-makers. It may be counter-intuitive, but legacy modernization reduces risk, creates less work stoppage, and allows you to deliver more value in the same timeframe.