Machine Learning System Modernization Recommendations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Organizations face challenges in identifying and upgrading outdated systems and applications, as they may be unaware of the need for modernization, leading to inefficiencies and performance issues.
Innovation Solution
A method utilizing supervised and unsupervised machine learning to analyze technological capabilities and business priorities, generating recommendations for system modernization, and updating models based on user feedback to provide tailored upgrade suggestions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If organizations continue using outdated systems and applications, then operational costs and maintenance complexity increase, but the entity remains unaware of the need for modernization
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-diagnosis by automatically analyzing its own application portfolio against current technology standards and business requirements, generating modernization recommendations without external intervention. The machine learning models continuously self-update based on feedback from accepted recommendations, enabling the system to serve itself in identifying and addressing technical debt.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a feedback loop where modernization recommendations are tracked for acceptance status, and this feedback is used to continuously retrain and improve the machine learning models. The system learns from whether recommendations are accepted or rejected, progressively improving its ability to identify high-value modernization opportunities that align with organizational priorities.
2Loss of information
If organizations manually assess their systems for modernization needs, then awareness of outdated systems improves, but time and resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical assessment processes with automated machine learning systems. Instead of human analysts manually evaluating each application's technology stack, the system uses trained models to automatically analyze application metadata, technology capabilities, and business priority alignments, dramatically reducing assessment time while improving consistency and comprehensiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary analysis by pre-processing application portfolios and pre-generating modernization recommendations before formal assessment is needed. The machine learning models are pre-trained on extensive datasets of application modernization patterns, enabling rapid evaluation when assessments are required without needing to start from scratch each time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If organizations upgrade systems without analysis, then technological capabilities improve, but alignment with business goals may be lost
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies differentiated analysis to different applications based on their specific business priorities and technology capabilities. Rather than applying a uniform modernization approach, the machine learning models generate customized recommendations tailored to each application's context, considering factors like criticality, technology debt level, and alignment with specific business goals such as time-to-market or operational excellence.
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts modernization recommendations based on changing parameters including business priority weights, technology capability assessments, and organizational feedback. The machine learning models can reweight the importance of different modernization factors based on organizational preferences, allowing the same technical analysis to produce different prioritized recommendations based on whether the organization values speed, cost, or risk mitigation most highly.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for system modernization using machine learning are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of generating training data. The actions include generating a first model, a second model, and a third model. The actions include receiving data that is related to technological capabilities of an application and data that is related to business priorities of the application. The actions include applying the first model to the data that is related to the technological capabilities of the application and the second model to the data that is related to business priorities of the application. The actions include generating a modification recommendation for the application. The actions further include providing, for output, the modification recommendation for the application. The actions include receiving feedback data that indicates a level of acceptance of the modification recommendation for the application.


