Welcome to the first article in a series on moving enterprise systems from a mainframe-based platform to something else. That “something else” could be any number of things, but our default assumption (unless I say otherwise) is going to be a transaction processing system based on a platform like Microsoft’s .NET Framework. While I expect that there will eventually be some technical content, the initial focus is going to be on planning, methodology, defining solutions and project management. Moving a large system off of a legacy mainframe platform is very different from a development project that starts with a blank slate. Chances are that you’re going to be shifting paradigms for quite a few people in both your technical and business organizations — and for yourself, as well. Read More…Welcome to the first article in a series on moving enterprise systems from a mainframe-based platform to something else. That “something else” could be any number of things, but our default assumption (unless I say otherwise) is going to be a transaction processing system based on a platform like Microsoft’s .NET Framework. While I expect that there will eventually be some technical content, the initial focus is going to be on planning, methodology, defining solutions and project management. Moving a large system off of a legacy mainframe platform is very different from a development project that starts with a blank slate. Chances are that you’re going to be shifting paradigms for quite a few people in both your technical and business organizations — and for yourself, as well. Read More…