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Legacy Software Audit
and Assessment Services

When is the right time to renew the software? There’s no right answer. On one hand, legacy software is critical for daily business operations. On the other hand, it incurs unjustifiable expenses, which presents a dilemma to the company stakeholders. A foundation for making decisions about this issue can be obtained through audit of legacy software from the business, technical, and organizational perspectives. It’s the only way to make an appropriate evolution strategy.

CURRENT
SOFTWARE

NEW
SOFTWARE

BUSINESS

TECHNICAL

WORKFLOW

WHAT YOU GET?

Identification of the Software’s Current State
Detailed Report on Legacy System Assessment Results
A List of Potential Improvements
Prioritization of the Modernization Directions

Software Audit

YOU NEED AUDIT OF LEGACY SYSTEM IF:

000

There is no clear understanding of the legacy application state

001

You don’t know what modernization option to choose

010

The software system quality is questionable

011

You want to create a consistent software modernization strategy

Type of Legacy System Audit We Do

COMPLIANCE AUDIT

This audit reveals how strongly a solution fits the regulatory guidelines.

FUNCTIONALITY AUDIT

This audit gives insight on whether a solution features corresponding market needs, and if they work properly.

SECURITY AUDIT

This audit helps determine system vulnerabilities and data leakage areas.

THIRD-PARTY AUDIT

This audit provides an unprejudiced evaluation of the outdated app’s codebase.

WE CHECK FOR:

Security issues
Performance issues
Poor programming practices
Room for improvement

How We Do Legacy Software Assessment and Audit

By providing legacy system audit services, we consider three main points: its application, its external environment, and its business value. Through understanding the elements comprising a legacy system and its external factors, we select an evaluation strategy, choosing between continued maintenance, modernization, and replacement.

A piece of
advice

For large enterprises that use several applications, it’s better to prepare a portfolio of apps to assess. It contributes to better preparation for the software evolution and its planning.

environment

application

business
value

A piece of
advise

For large enterprises that use several applications, it’s better to prepare a portfolio of apps to assess. It contributes to better preparation for the software evolution and its planning.

What Points Will Be Evaluated?

Vendor/supplier rating
Maintenance costs
Failure rate
Age
Performance

Vendor/supplier rating
Maintenance costs
Failure rate
Age
Ability to perform function
License costs
Frequency of fixes/patches
Quality of support personnel

Architecture Complexity
Data
Documentation availability
Size
Security

FREE SOURCE CODE ASSESMENT FOR YOUR PRODUCT

In addition to legacy software audit services, we assess up to 3,000 lines of source code. ModLogix adheres to legacy source code assessment terms and conditions when doing it.

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Together We Can Perform A Detailed Assessment and Legacy System Audit

Legacy software is not only about technical things. Your participation is crucial, as you can help us to answer the following questions:

What is the role of the legacy system in your business?
How long do you plan to continue using the system?
What are your business goals?
Do you foresee any changes in your business processes?

Altogether, the answers to these questions will help us to interpret the assessment of the app’s business value and carefully plan further actions.

How To Interpret The Assessment Results?

Tech Quality

High quality
+
Low value

High quality
+
High value

Low quality
+
High value

Low quality
+
Low value

Business Value

High quality + High value

The business software is critically important for your business and it performs well, but it is preferable to support the system by providing on-time maintenance to prolong its life. For such apps, it is vital to plan modernization in advance and be ready to adjust and distribute processes so it works with minimal disruption.

Low quality + Hight value

This software should be modernized. It is crucial for business but its technological state leaves much to be desired, and it’s fraught with failures. Downtimes are dangerous for applications of high business value, as we can’t predict the level of damage that could occur.

Low quality + Low value

This outdated software should be replaced with a package provided by a specialized company, as it’s not expedient to modernize such a system considering its low value and poor technological state. Packages can easily process low-priority tasks while being affordable and requiring no maintenance.

High quality + Low value

This application works great and doesn’t need any tech improvements, so it can be used till the tech value becomes low. As it is not a significant assessment for business, its future modernization or replacement will not have a significant effect on business processes.