A look at the math behind modernization strategies for Lotus Notes applications. See the very real difference an asymmetric approach to modernization can make to the bottom line.

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Modernization Math
The financial reality when your organization decides to “get rid of Notes”

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Born December 15
1989
to
Ray Ozzie & Iris Associates
25Years

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The most successful SMA platform ever!

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50,000companies
X 200applications (average)
= 10 millionapplications
After 25 years

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5,000lines of code (per application)
X 10 million applications
= 50 billion lines of proprietary code
Those applications contain…

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Don’t Throw The Baby Out
With The Bath Water

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“I hate the Lotus
Notes client”
Read the fine print
“I hate the Lotus
Notes client”

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“The Notes client is no
longer modern”
“The Notes client is no
longer modern”

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“We need to get
rid of the Notes client”
“We need to get
rid of the Notes client”

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10 million
Notes Applications

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50 billion
lines of proprietary code

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Traditional Approach
Promise Discovery &
Assessment
Portfolio
Strategy
Project Plan
Execute
Application
Strategy
Application
Testing &
Deployment
Value

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Many Great IBM Business Partners

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Application Modernization
Analysis + development + testing + documentation + training + deployment
$20,000per application
5 weeksper application

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Offshoring
Analysis + development + testing + documentation + training + deployment
$20,000 per application
Lower hourly rate (development)
Additional analysis
Additional development time
Additional rework

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$15,000initial development, testing, documentation, training & deployment
+ $5,000 increased maintenance
$20,000 per application
Code Generation Tools

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Getting Started: Discovery & Assessment
$50,000
4-8 weeks

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How Do Assessments Work?
# Forms # Views
Complexity
Score
$20,000
per application

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No matter how you cut and slice it….

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Application Modernization
$20,000
Per Application

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Platform Migration
$25,000
Per Application

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Portfolio Modernization
200 applications
$4
Million
1,000 applications
$20 Million
2,000 applications
$40 Million

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Portfolio Modernization
200 applications
4 developers
5 years
1,000 applications
10 developers
10 years 2,000 applications
16developers
12.5years

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Inherent Risk
Cost Overruns
Project Delays
Lack Of Documentation
Business Interruptions
Data Migration Issues
Project Failure

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Modernization is a Journey
$20,000 $20,000 $20,000

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Applications do not exist

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But these do…
DATADATADATADATADATADATADATADAT
A

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Asymmetric Modernization
Promise Discovery &
Assessment
Portfolio
Strategy
Project Plan
Execute
Application
Strategy
Deployment
& UAT
Value

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Code & Data Forensics

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Customize Metadata

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Custom Coding

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The Customization Mix
Forensics &
Meta-Data 80%
Custom Code
20%
Development:
$8,000 each
UAT:
1 hour each

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Asymmetric Modernization
200 Applications
$4 Million
1,000 Applications
$20 Million
2,000 Applications
$40 Million200 Applications
$4 million
$340,000
1,000 Applications
$20 million
$1.7 Million
2,000 Applications
$40 million
$3.4 Million

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2,000 applications
16developers
12.5years
Asymmetric Modernization
200 applications
2 developers
5 years
1,000 applications
10 developers
10 years
2,000 applications
16 developers
12.5 years
1 year
200 applications
2 developers
5 years
10 months
1,000 applications
8developers
10 years
1year

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Plan “B”

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Applications Expectations

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Applications Expectations

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Asymmetric Modernization
Delivers

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MoreApplications

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Faster

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Less

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Lower
Cost