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“Legacy Systems: a synonym for success”

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overview
 
evolveIT is a PC tool that enables analysts and programmers to understand complex COBOL applications. evolveIT models every aspect of an application from the screens that users see down to the manipulation of individual data items deep inside programs. A variety of interactive diagrams, reports and viewers enable applications to be understood, documented, maintained and modernised more effectively.
 
features   benefits
  • analyse relationships between all application elements
  • find missing application source and redundant code
  • live documentation including control and data flows
  • detailed impact analysis and data categorisation
  • multiple interactive reports and graphical views
  • 25% increase in productivity
  • 20% reduction in project timescales
  • 20% reduction in application support costs
  • improved maintenance quality
  • increase staff portability
  • reduce support risk
 
knowledge transfer
 
With the falling number of COBOL programmers and the continuing loss of skills and application knowledge, evolveIT provides essential support to business critical applications. New analysts get up to speed more rapidly, outsourcers take on new applications more effectively and existing analysts are far more effective - often counteracting smaller team sizes (learn more…)
 
Logic Mining
 
Logic Mining enables analysts to find the business rules enforced by COBOL code. There is rarely a direct relationship between a rule stated in business terms and any specific pieces of code, that’s why Logic Mining does not claim to find rules automatically. Instead Logic Mining will guide analysts through finding, interpreting, describing and modelling the abstracted business rules so that they can be re-used in any environment. Logic Mining helps you produce re-useable rules that have real business meaning from your existing systems.
 
features   benefits
  • ignores non executed code
  • hide non relevant processing
  • Color code seams of logic
  • Search & Retrieve analysis diagram
  • traces flows across system not just individual programs
  • highlight source code to show rules already documented
  • place reminder marks and pointers for later analysis
  • add ignore marks to analysis trees
  • designed for use both on small and very large projects
  • Export reports and trace diagrams
  • 5-10 times faster than manual alternatives
  • Achieve consistent quality of analysis
  • Reduces need for senior analyst time
  • Eliminates analysis of dead ends and incorrect logic paths
  • Provides real business rules not just code fragments
  • Offers real flexibility for future rule re-use
  • Helps teams work efficiently together
 
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As business comes under increasing pressure to respond to change more rapidly, both existing systems and the development process surrounding them often stand in the way of responsive change. Logic Mining starts to bridge the gap between business change and IT change. Business rules can be found, documented and managed effectively in situ or they can be extracted and re-used in business rules engines, service oriented architectures and other environments.  (learn more…)