Software management consultant and CTO, Headspring Systems
You might have a legacy enterprise application if . . .
- You can't figure out which copy of the source code is the one deployed to production.
- You find more than one source code repositories with the old shipping application. Which one is the real one? Every developer who worked on the project has left the company.
- You modify the code and another system goes down.
- Enterprise applications are notorious for being very interdependent. You had no idea that this old application was making a file drop to another server in the Idaho office, and now I/T in Idaho is screaming that their product prices are 10 days old!
- User workarounds for bugs in the application are published in a "user manual"
- Whatever you do, don't submit more than one request at a time! The server will lock up and have to be rebooted.
- There is a pager dedicated to support for the application.
About Jeffrey Palermo
Jeffrey Palermo is a software management consultant and the CTO of Headspring Systems in Austin, TX. Jeffrey specializes in Agile coaching and helps companies double the productivity of software teams. Jeffrey is an MCSD.Net , Microsoft MVP, Certified Scrummaster, Austin .Net User Group leader, AgileAustin board member, INETA speaker, INETA Membership Mentor, Christian, husband, father, motorcyclist, Eagle Scout, U.S. Army Veteran, and Texas A&M University graduate.
