Modernize

Systems that have become hard to change, evolved without switching off what works. We find out what the system really does, change it in slices, and keep it running the whole way.

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Fits when

Every change is slow: Small changes take weeks, and nobody is sure what else they will break.
A rewrite is off the table: The system still earns its keep, so stopping the business to replace it isn’t an option.
A migration keeps slipping: It has been on the roadmap for years, and there is never a safe moment.
Knowledge is leaving: How it works lives in a few heads, and some of those heads are moving on.

How it goes

A plan you can read, in plain language. Here is what one looks like for a system that has become hard to change.

From a system you can’t touch to one you can change

1
Map what’s there
We read the code, the data and the runbooks, and talk to the people who keep it alive.
You can’t change safely what nobody has written down.
2
Put a safety net under it
Tests, monitoring and a way back, before anything is touched.
Every step after this is cheaper and calmer.
3
Change it in slices
One capability at a time moves to its new shape. The old one keeps running until the new one is proven.
There is never a big-bang day.
4
Hand over as you go
Your team runs each slice as it lands, with the documentation to keep going.
Nothing waits for a final cutover.

Illustrative example, not a client engagement.

What you get

A system that can change again: Changes you can make with confidence, because you know what they touch.
No switch-off day: The old system keeps running until each new slice has proven itself.
The knowledge written down: How the system works, and why it is the way it is, in documents your team owns.

Ways to work with us on this

Pick the setup that fits where you are now.

Discovery: An assessment of the system and a plan for it, whether or not we do the work.
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Project: We own a defined migration phase, from plan to handover.
Learn more about Project
Dedicated team: A standing team that works through the whole roadmap with yours.
Learn more about Dedicated team

Tell us what you’re working on.

One conversation is enough to know whether we can help, and what we’d do first. Or write to hello@nivosto.com.

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