Step-by-Step Modernization Planning
Before you begin a mainframe modernization project, we recommend that you plan...
By taking a step-by-step approach, you can create a clear framework for making the right decisions. For the best possible outcome, you need to understand your current environment, evaluate your options and choose your targets.
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The first step is to understand your current technology and business environments. This requires you to:
- Analyze current applications and architecture.
- Assess current costs.
- Define business and technical drivers for modernization.
- Understand business strategy and priorities.
- Define desired outcome and measures of success.
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The second step is to evaluate your results. This requires you to:
- Evaluate migration platform choices - hardware and software.
- Assess business and technical scenarios for each choice.
- Calculate ROI.
- Identify possible partners.
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The final step is to choose your target system. At this point, you will need to:
- Identify the target solution and vendor.
- Review vendor track record and references.
- Finalize vendor contracts.
- Develop a detailed plan.
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To help you accomplish all these steps, Speedware offers a Detailed Modernization Analysis (DMA)  . This service provides an in-depth look at your legacy environment with recommendations on how to solve your most critical problems. The goal of the DMA is to provide a modernization solution that aligns with your business and technical objectives.
When considering mainframe modernization, key industry analysts consistently recommend that clients "get some help" before starting this type of project. Speedware offers modernization experience along with proven processes and tools that will provide the help you need.
"Expect to need help while executing a migration strategy to a different hardware/application environment. Tools may be perceived as tactical and, therefore, not worth the investment, but they should be seen as insurance to significantly reduce the risk of failure." 1
1 Dale Vecchio, "Best Practices for Mainframe Migrations"
(Gartner, Inc., 18 December 2006).
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About Speedware's Detailed Modernization Analysis (DMA)
Mainframe Modernization offers significant costs to most companies that undertake these initiatives. An alternative way to start the process of Mainframe Modernization is to start by looking at the business case.
Speedware offers a Cost Rationalization Service, specifically designed to focus on the business case and financial savings that can be projected from these initiatives. Get the financial details you need to support your IT project, including the cost of the project, the expected ROI and more...
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About Speedware's Cost Rationalization Service
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