Software requirements for maintaining, upgrading and replacing legacy business systems with bespoke, cloud and SAAS-based alternatives.
Hard to change, costly to run, difficult to support
There comes a time when even the most trustworthy system outlives its usefulness. Saying goodbye to an old friend can be particularly emotional, but mistakes when replacing critical business systems are even more emotional.
If youโre an engineering manager tasked with replacing an end-of-life business system, particularly a complex or long-running one, you should be concerned about:
- Complex business rules embedded in the application
- Documentation debt built up over many years
- Legacy codebase with patchwork changes
- Inadequate test coverage and safety nets
Offshore developers now create the perfect storm ๐ง๏ธ : physically distanced, with language barriers and different time zones, trying to acquire domain knowledge and surface complex business rules.
And even when youโve successfully navigated all these challenges, youโll still need a cutover plan that ensures business continuity.
We can help.
We surface complex business rules, document system functionality, and specify precise test scenarios, and weโve replaced many back office finance and accounting systems before.
Our well defined software requirements will ensure your developers know exactly what to do, and our extensive experience in managing outsourced and offshore development teams will keep them on track.
We enjoy helping engineering managers, like Damien, Arthur, Susan and Philip, transition to bespoke, cloud and SAAS-based alternatives, and have been doing this for nearly 20 years now.
Contact us to learn more.
Recommended Reading
Advice and guidance on replacing legacy business systems, particularly using remote, outsourced and offshore development teams:
- Complexities of replacing legacy business systems using offshore developers
- Why offshore developers struggle without clear software requirements
- When software requirements should be taken seriously
- 7 things every product backlog should contain ahead of sprint planning
- Transform your offshore software development with enabling specifications
- Tuning your agile framework for high-performance development
- The best agile experience with an offshore development team in Poland
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What they should have taught you in college, but didn’t.
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