Successful Application Modernization and Rationalization: Part II -- Long-Term Strategic Approaches

by Don Estes

In Part II of this two-part Executive Report series on modernization, author Don Estes focuses on strategies that deliver the greatest business value, examining both conventional and promising unconventional approaches in depth, with their respective pros and cons. Since conventionally modernized applications will inevitably become "legacy" again, the author also analyzes how rationalization approaches can avoid this fate. The report concludes with an outline methodology for selecting an optimal project strategy.