Diagnose the Business Problem
Our Existing Software Is Outdated — Modernize or Rebuild?
Assess security, support, change constraints, integration, operating cost and strategic fit; age and appearance alone do not justify rebuilding.
Diagnosis first
What may be happening
Assess security, support, change constraints, integration, operating cost and strategic fit; age and appearance alone do not justify rebuilding.
Signals to check
Unsupported components
Frequent outages or manual workarounds
Essential integrations are impossible
Change backlog is blocked by architecture
Practical response
What to do next
- Map system and data dependencies
- Score risk and business constraint
- Compare remediate, replatform, replace and rebuild
- Prototype high-risk migration areas
- Move in stages with rollback
Technology categories
APIs and integration layer
Cloud platform
Modern SaaS
Custom software for differentiating workflows
Diagnose the workflow before investing
Discuss the problemBring the current process, bottlenecks and available data to a focused discussion.
