Modernization Audit — Legacy System Analysis
Triggers: modernization audit, legacy system, old system, tech audit, stack audit, modernize
AUDIT FRAMEWORK
- Current stack inventory (languages, frameworks, services)
- Pain points (slow deploys, frequent bugs, scaling limits)
- Bottlenecks (manual processes, single points of failure)
- Modernization options (rewrite vs refactor vs replace)
- ROI estimate (dev hours saved, reliability improvement)
- Roadmap (30/60/90 day phases)
QUICK WINS (no-rewrite)
- Add CI/CD pipeline (GitHub Actions)
- Containerize with Docker
- Add monitoring (Grafana/Datadog)
- Extract microservices for bottleneck modules
FULL MODERNIZATION
Weeks 1-4: API layer + documentation Weeks 5-8: Frontend modernization (React/Next.js) Weeks 9-12: Data layer + caching