why organizations maintain legacy systems
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Why we keep old systems People Political Technical Financial Data issues The technology adoption life cycle Legacy systems Ignorance is bliss [email protected] www.peproso.comTRANSCRIPT
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Why Organizations Maintain
Legacy Systems
June 21, 2012
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Thought for the Day
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
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Today’s Discussion
• Why we keep old systems
– People
– Political
– Technical
– Financial
– Data issues
• The technology adoption life cycle
• Legacy systems
• Ignorance is bliss
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The Technology Adoption Life Cycle
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Legacy Systems
• Clunky mainframes
• Hard to get at the data
• Call IT every time you want something
• “Green Screens”
• One size fits all
• No end user experience
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Ignorance Is Bliss
• If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
• Fear of the unknown
• The cost to do something
• All things are not created equal
• No time
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If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
• Executive’s really believe that the existing systems allow their employees to do their jobs efficiently and effectively
• We wrote it for us, there is no app on the planet that can do what we need
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The Cost To Do Something
• It is not our top priority
• Short term cost control is
more important than long
term benefits
• We only have so much
money to invest
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All Things Are Not Created Equal
• What did we computerize first?
– Accounting / Financials
– Inventory control
• What did we computerize next?
– Things that generate cash – CRM / SFA
• Many departments have not made the cut
– Quality
– Human Resources
– Etc….
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Fear Of The Unknown
• I know the legacy app and I do
not want to change
• I do not want to learn a new
system
• I have a full time job
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No Time
Daily user workloads will increase during the project
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How to Do Systems the Right Way
Use Systems “Out of the Box”
Create User Models That Sit on Top of The System
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Things to Remember….
• What prevents an organization
from getting rid of legacy systems
– People
– Political
– Technical
– Financial
– Data issues
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