The challenge
An infrastructure company needed to modernize selected applications and data within a large, long-established Notes Domino estate.
OUTSYSTEMS IN ACTION / CONSTRUCTION & ENGINEERING
How an infrastructure company consolidated a Notes estate into more than two hundred web applications
A legacy estate needs decisions about what work to preserve, combine or retire. This infrastructure company used that distinction in its migration. Explore the reported consolidation and the delivery practices behind parallel modernization teams.
RESULTS REPORTED IN THE SOURCE
200+
applications delivered in the first two years
2 years
reported initial application-delivery period
≈80%
reduction in required application count through consolidation
THE BUSINESS CHALLENGE. THE CHANGE. THE RESULT.
The change
It used OutSystems and parallel delivery teams to consolidate capabilities, with different approaches for active workflows and read-only data access.
The outcome
The source reports more than two hundred applications delivered in the first two years and around an 80% reduction in the number of applications required through consolidation.
Source: customer case study published by OutSystems. Brief prepared by Digital Alchimia.
DIGITAL ALCHIMIA’S DELIVERY PERSPECTIVE
What could this approach unlock for your business?
The useful next step is to connect the story to your own operating reality. Here are the questions we would bring into that conversation.
01
Decide what needs a workflow and what needs access to history.
Some legacy capabilities still support active work; others mainly preserve information people need to consult. Review those uses before choosing a migration pattern. That gives the team a more useful scope than converting every database into a separate application and carrying the same fragmentation into a new platform.
02
Give parallel delivery teams common acceptance foundations.
Agree the patterns for integration, record ownership, review and support as capacity grows. Keep exceptions visible so one team’s local decision does not become another team’s hidden dependency. OutSystems specialists can reinforce delivery within those shared practices while business owners prioritize the next capabilities to modernize.
START WITH THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE
You bring the business challenge. We help shape the delivery team.
Digital Alchimia provides OutSystems professionals and delivery expertise for application development, modernization and evolution. Whether you need to reinforce an existing team or explore a new initiative, we can discuss the capabilities, responsibilities and next steps that fit your context.
A useful starting brief
✓ The process or customer journey you want to improve
✓ Where work waits, repeats or depends on disconnected systems
✓ The expertise already available in your team
✓ The outcome you want to measure and the timeframe to explore
Turn a promising idea into a useful conversation.
Tell us where your business needs to move faster and where your team needs additional expertise. Let’s explore an OutSystems approach shaped around your requirements.