An automated modernization project (also referred to as a conversion, a migration, or a legacy renewal project) is inherently different from most projects that IT professionals will participate in during their careers -- in several different ways. When this specialized type of project goes awry, it is almost always due to a failure to appreciate these differences and to allow for them in the project plan.
Executive Update
Controlling Risk in Automated Modernization Projects
By Don Estes
Posted October 31, 2006 | Leadership | Leadership |
About The Author
Don Estes is President of Don Estes & Associates. He has served as Editor of the Cutter IT Journal and as a speaker at Cutter Summits. He has more than 35 years experience in IT, more than half of which has been focused on managing the business and technical risks in the modernization of legacy applications and their integration with new technology. His writings have brought both a theoretical and a practical view to extracting the value… Read More
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