Solutions
IS Documentation : To know is to do !
A repository documenting the operational reality of the Information System.
SOFTMAINT proposes an IS document repository resulting from a continuously updated analysis of all the source code. With this integrated, comprehensive and shared information, it is easy to:
- Understand how the IS is actually organized (high-level view)
- Retrieve the business logic as implemented (low-level view)
- Assess the status of the and its evolution compared with the QA objectives
Maintain? Modernize? Redevelop? Replace?
Before deciding on actions to increase the business value and/or to decrease the costs of the assets constituting the IS, it is crucial to assess the main issues:
- What are the potential benefits and risks associated to IS evolution?
- Is it possible to improve significantly the maintenance productivity, without changing the technology?
- How to identify the right modernization path?
- Is it possible to make proper governance decisions, or calculate an ROI, if there are no certainties regarding the existing IS?
Understand the reality of the IS, not just the initial intention
An IS composed of artifacts in production (the reality) which relate to a business need (the intention). The detailed analysis of the source code in its real, native state (source code, databases, parameter files, etc.) allows the Information System reality to be understood and the right decisions to be made.
The SOFTMAINT solution is based on the Mia-Insight software suite which offers:
- A detailed inventory of the application system: cross-references, task and program sequences, etc.
- An algorithmic analysis engine: detailed impact analysis, business rule extraction, etc.
- A configurable QA repository
Mia-Insight builds a unique legacy IS repository, refreshed regularly and covering a wide range of technological environments.
SOFTMAINT’s expertise in documentation has been acquired over many modernization and maintenance projects. It is based on the perfect understanding of the relationship between the original intention and the operational reality of all Information Systems in production.