Modernizing Legacy Systems - Tutorial

We no longer support the tutorial described on this page. Instead, we have expanded its content in a book titled Modernizing Legacy Systems.

This work has also evolved into a focus on the migration of legacy components to service-oriented architecture (SOA) environments, for which we offer several products and services:

a public two-day course
on-site courses and tutorials tailored for an organization
the execution and transition of a technique called SMART (Service Migration and Reuse Technique) that analyzes the feasibility of migrating legacy components to SOA environments
workshops on SOA strategy, SOA governance, and technology evaluation

For more information, contact Terry Dailey (etd@sei.cmu.edu or 703-908-8213) or write to isis-sei@sei.cmu.edu.

Does your legacy system provide significant business value?

Are you considering incrementally developing and deploying a modernized system?

Who will benefit?

Information Technology managers starting legacy system modernization efforts
chief technology officers analyzing their systems portfolios
system architects trying to understand the impact of technology selection in system modernization
anyone interested in a risk-managed approach to legacy system modernization

Description

This full-day tutorial instructs on the use and application of the Risk-Managed Modernization (RMM) approach to legacy system modernization developed by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. RMM integrates software engineering concepts with an organized understanding of the information systems technologies that both constrain and define the solution space. Remedy is used in the inception phase to produce a modernization plan that minimizes the risk of the modernization effort through effective risk management and mitigation.

The legacy system modernization tutorial is based on the Risk-Managed Modernization approach developed at the SEI and documented in the book Modernizing Legacy Systems: Software Technologies, Engineering Processes, and Business Practices, published by Addison-Wesley as part of the SEI Series in Software Engineering. The tutorial is designed for individuals who are participating in a component-based development effort: system architects, chief engineers, project managers, and software engineers.

Topics

Elements of RMM that are covered in this tutorial include

using portfolio analysis to evaluate system technical quality and business value when selecting projects for modernization
creating a business case to determine the cost effectiveness of a proposed modernization effort
understanding legacy systems
evaluating legacy and target technologies
developing modernization strategies
reconciling stakeholder needs

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