Legacy Modernization Supports Next Generation Development
Pattern®, an e-commerce accelerator, partnered with ITX on a legacy modernization project to improve their Product Catalog solution. The new system replaces a third-party tool, enhancing data access, efficiency, and reducing costs.
“ITX’s sense of ownership is incredible. Our other custom software vendors are not nearly as performant. The predictability of ITX’s delivery is something we’ve been consistently referencing internally.”
Objective.
With the launch of Product Catalog, the goal was to resume development and improve Pattern’s ability to ensure that access would be sufficiently reliable to be integrated with internal financial systems. This included supporting extra levels of control and auditability.
Challenge.
- Pattern’s global network houses vast repositories of data, all migrating in from multiple sources. To manually consolidate a master product catalog in a database that aggregates all product properties in markets like Amazon, eBay, and Mercado Libre was a monumental, time-consuming task.
- Every product in Pattern’s market listing possessed different properties and attributes that required on-demand dynamic modification by the Data Manager – without interfering with other processes.
Action.
- The team delivered an Architecture Assessment, which outlined key refactoring needs as part of this legacy modernization strategy. Our subsequent task was to immerse ourselves into code that had been built by another team and into a backlog of features that had been put on pause for a year.
- ITX deployed an object-oriented database model to allow dynamic attributes and properties to be modified on-demand without coding. This helped to build the Shelf Product Catalog that allowed Data Managers to upload products and listings, in bulk, into their marketplaces.
- ITX’s swift transition from scrum to modern agile helped Pattern hit a critical deadline with the system in production, ready for an audit. This compressed timeline required us to deliver with frequency greater than the regular 2-week sprint.
Result
Product Catalog was launched to an internal team of Data Managers. Available audit records made for a seamless audit process. ITX delivered 40% more productivity than the budget anticipated. By maximizing our effectiveness and efficiency levels, we were able to extend our 3-month budget to 5 months. A renewed contract increased budget by 100%.
Getting Started with Legacy Modernization
At ITX, we value your time and want to ensure we clearly understand the challenges you face where legacy modernization is needed. With over 25 years of experience, we believe formalizing this understanding is the best way to begin.
How do we do that?
First, we’ll have an introductory call to learn more about each other.
Following that call, we’ll create a summary of what you told us. This summary will be our understanding of your business problem and desired outcome and be sent to you for agreement that we got it right. This agreement step is crucial to include the right team members in follow-up discussions.
The summary of what you told us will be yours to keep and share. Moving forward is entirely optional.
Let’s Talk.
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