{"id":1291,"date":"2016-06-28T03:51:56","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T09:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigniti.com\/blog\/?p=1291"},"modified":"2020-01-27T12:09:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T06:39:10","slug":"legacy-modernization-select-right-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/legacy-modernization-select-right-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Legacy Modernization and How to Select the Right Tools?"},"content":{"rendered":"
In today\u2019s business world, alignment of IT systems to an organization\u2019s business goals is much needed to stay ahead of the competition. If the IT systems were built a long time back, they would be inflexible and difficult to use, due to their limited abilities, for today\u2019s business needs. Legacy systems impact an organization\u2019s ability to take new tasks and require huge investments and costs to maintain than the profitability that they generate. It is said that more than 75% of IT spend is consumed in enhancing the legacy systems.<\/p>\n
As we discussed in our earlier post<\/a>, adoption of agile delivery approach has grown increasingly over the last decade since organizations are ever more challenged to meet faster delivery schedules at reduced costs. For the success of agile delivery approach, legacy modernization is much important. Organizations need to choose the right tools and methodologies for software development and testing. Legacy tools that are in use for software testing need a strategic relook to achieve better business results. As the Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC) technologies continue to gain steam, bringing the most out of legacy tools is a challenge. An organization\u2019s success lies in its ability to manage change. Organizations need to consider embarking upon the journey of legacy modernization.<\/p>\n Modernization of legacy systems or migration from legacy tools to modern flexible tools \/ systems doesn\u2019t just happen without proper planning. With strategical planning and appropriate management, modernization of legacy systems\/tools can be a cost-effective and low-risk approach while maximizing investments. Organizations can achieve the best results when they embrace a holistic approach that\u2019s future-oriented and takes organizational goals into account.<\/p>\n Factors to be considered to choose the right tools<\/strong><\/p>\n Agile delivery approach demands faster delivery schedules and rapid iterations that leave less time for testing. Hence, a thorough analysis is needed to select the right and necessary testing tools. Most of the project managers and agile teams might know that they require tools to develop and test successfully, but the challenge is to select the right tool.<\/p>\n Agile software development emphasizes on an iterative approach to achieve defined requirements and design. As a result, functionality and UI designs may change fast. Hence, tools that best fit for the agile testing in the areas of test automation, defect tracking, test management, etc. need to be chosen. \u00a0So, what are the factors to be considered to choose the right tools in an agile delivery approach?<\/p>\n All in all, organizations need to move on to the modern tools for the success of agile delivery approach that offers faster delivery, increased productivity, reduced project risk and cost. Clearly, legacy modernization requires proper planning and evaluation. An experienced technology partner can play an important role in helping you to migrate to the modern tools by proposing the right tools. Legacy modernization is more of a journey than a simple project.\u00a0 Legacy modernization, when done right, helps your business to address the new requirements more efficiently and cost-effectively.<\/p>\n Cigniti, in association with SmartBear, is going to organize a webinar on July\u00a020th, <\/sup>2016 on \u201cDeveloping a Robust Testing Approach for Agile Transformation.\u201d Register for the webinar<\/a> to know how the legacy tools can hold you back and how to line up the right tools for an agile delivery approach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In today\u2019s business world, alignment of IT systems to an organization\u2019s business goals is much needed to stay ahead of the competition. If the IT systems were built a long time back, they would be inflexible and difficult to use, due to their limited abilities, for today\u2019s business needs. Legacy systems impact an organization\u2019s ability […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[731,32],"tags":[390,394,262,217,397,395,396],"ppma_author":[3736],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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