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Legacy system modernization
Ad Hoc’s Legacy System Modernization solution helps state and local agencies replace outdated, mission-critical systems with modular, scalable, and sustainable digital platforms. Our approach blends human-centered design, Agile delivery, and technical leadership to reduce risk, minimize disruption, and ensure long-term maintainability. Whatever the problem domain, we work closely with agencies to understand their operational realities, rapidly retire legacy technology, and deliver cloud-based services that are cheaper to maintain and evolve.
Reduce risk while increasing flexibility and delivery
Legacy systems increase operational risk, reduce flexibility, create staffing challenges due to limited expertise in aging technologies, and slow the delivery of vital services. Our approach to modernization reduces those risks by incrementally transforming systems based on user needs, modular architecture, and strategic delivery.
Product-led modernization
We design systems that serve the people and processes they’re built for by starting with user needs and business goals before making key technical decisions.
Modular design
We enable faster delivery, easier maintenance, and vendor flexibility by breaking monolithic systems into functional components with clearly defined responsibilities.
Data-centered strategy
We support future integrations, analytics, and system upgrades through our understanding of legacy data. We document, clean, and prepare data to prevent downstream migration issues.
Incremental, agile delivery
We reduce disruption, incorporate feedback early, and enable rapid learning, using proven Agile practices to deliver working software in short cycles.
Documentation & enablement
We help agencies build internal capacity by creating shared documentation, supporting cross-agency collaboration, and training staff to manage new systems confidently.
Proven impact
- Conducted comprehensive research identifying pain points, knowledge gaps, and user priorities to better understand user needs for the system.
- Developed delivery roadmaps in collaboration with stakeholders, planned and executed sprint delivery schedules, and led cross-functional agile development.
- Delivered a centralized documentation hub used across multiple state agencies.
- Extracted critical data from a COBOL mainframe and developed a data warehouse environment to enable analysis, cleansing, and transfer to a new cloud system.
- Led cross-functional sessions with stakeholders to develop data mappings between legacy and new systems.
- Designed and implemented a modular data processing pipeline to support iterative modernization and migration of data to the new system.
Get started today
If your organization is interested in the possibilities we can provide for your state or local government needs, let’s chat.