Application Modernization Sequencing Using Technology Stack Hierarchies
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for modernizing multiple technologies associated with an application are inefficient, time-consuming, and prone to incompatibility issues due to manual sequence evaluation, requiring extensive human intervention and expertise, leading to rework and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that generates an optimal sequence for modernizing multiple technologies by analyzing historic data and user inputs to derive hierarchies between technology stacks, enabling real-time evaluation and automatic generation of a chronological modernization sequence.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual evaluation of modernization sequence is performed by solution architects, then expertise and control are maintained, but time consumption and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of solution architects evaluating modernization sequences with an automated computer-based system. The system uses processors to execute instructions that automatically determine modernization sequences by analyzing application dependencies, technology compatibility, and modernization criteria, thereby eliminating time-consuming manual intervention while maintaining accuracy through systematic algorithmic evaluation.
2Reliability
If multiple solution architects are involved to evaluate modernization sequence, then comprehensive expertise is utilized, but coordination complexity and errors increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the expertise and evaluation functions of multiple solution architects into a single integrated automated system. The system consolidates dependency analysis, compatibility checking, and sequence determination into one unified process executed by a computer processor, eliminating the coordination complexity and potential errors associated with multiple human architects working separately while preserving comprehensive evaluation capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual modernization sequence evaluation is performed, then flexibility to handle changes is maintained, but rework is required when technology selections change
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic automated system that can rapidly reevaluate and adjust modernization sequences when technology selections or application dependencies change. The computer-based system continuously monitors changes in the application landscape and automatically recalculates optimal modernization sequences, providing both flexibility to adapt to changes and efficiency by eliminating the rework associated with manual reevaluation.
4Ease of manufacture
If existing methods are used for single technology modernization, then simplicity is maintained, but incompatibility issues arise when modernizing multiple technologies
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by automatically analyzing and determining the optimal modernization sequence before implementation begins. The system evaluates dependencies, compatibility requirements, and technology relationships in advance, creating a planned sequence that prevents incompatibility issues from arising during the modernization process, thereby maintaining ease of implementation while ensuring reliability across multiple technology modernizations.
Data Source
AI summary
A system and method for generating a modernization sequence for application modernization is provided. The present invention provides for generating a database of hierarchies between a plurality of technology stacks based on analysis of historic modernization data and user inputs. Further, the present invention provides for evaluating in real-time an optimal sequence for implementing modernization of two or more technologies associated with the application based on the database. A hierarchy between each of the technology stacks corresponding to the two or more technologies is derived based on the database, and the technology stacks are arranged in a chronological order based on the derived hierarchy. The modernization sequence of the two or more technologies is same as the chronological order of their corresponding technology stacks.