COBOL and PL/I applications do their job reliably every day. However, the longer the applications live, the more impurities and technical debt accumulate in the applications, making maintenance and further development increasingly difficult and error-prone. It also makes sense to clean up the applications in the run-up to modernization projects in order to avoid errors and reduce costs.
At the following event we will report on how you can use a software washing machine to clean up your applications in an agile way:
GSE Mainframe Modernization
20.-21.03.2023, Kassel (Germany)
Delta Software is represented there with a lecture on March 21, 2023 at 11:30 a.m.:
Agile Application Clean-up – A Washing Machine for Software
COBOL- and PL/I-applications are still performing their tasks reliably. But the longer these applications live, the more imperfections and technical debts are collected, that inhibit efficient maintenance. In the preparation of modernization projects, the clean-up of applications is important to prevent errors and reduce the effort.
Traditionally the clean-up of (legacy) software is done manually. During this process, the complete kaleidoscope of possible clean-ups is performed for each program after program. But very often, not all possible and necessary clean-ups are known at the beginning. Many only come in sight when other clean-ups are done. A much better strategy would be to perform the first clean-ups for all programs before, using the knowledge acquired, the next clean-up is performed. This would require an approach where each program might be changed more than once. The risk and effort of such an approach can be minimized when using an automated solution, that can be repeated for as many new clean-ups as are needed.
The AMELIO software washing machine enables such an agile approach in which:
- new clean-ups can be added continuously,
- the application is divided in manageable packages for which each clean-up can be defined separately,
- each of these packages can be processed by the washing machine as many times as needed.
How such a washing machine enables an agile clean-up, will be demonstrated based on a customer example.
Our speakers
Manuel Dolle
Senior Consultant
Delta Software Technology
Reg Mulder
Senior Consultant
Delta Software Technology
You can not attend?
We would be happy to present the AMELIO software washing machine to you in a personal meeting. Please contact us directly.
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