The Synergy Application Maturity Model

Our experts use the Synergy Application Maturity Model to help you identify a modernization strategy for your business-critical application. By knowing realistically where you are today and what you aspire to, you can create a plan for modernization that will serve you now and far into the future.

Based on Nearly 50 Years of Experience in Legacy Systems Evolution

  • Describes current best-in-class states of modernization across five key application areas
  • Guides you in impartially assessing your current level of maturity in all areas or specific areas of focus
  • Leads to a baseline maturity snapshot as a navigational aid to a functional modernization journey
  • Stimulates an aspirational but practical discussion about modernization
  • Used as part of a Synergy Application Assessment, a discovery project that evaluates your application and recommends effective modernization initiatives to help you meet your business goals
  • Serves as an ongoing guide / report card against best-in-class modernization to keep your journey on track

Maturity Model

Synergex continually updates the model against our client base (your peers) and against evolving best-in-class technologies and practices. You can broadly evaluate your application using all areas in the model, or you can drill into the specific areas of your application that need your attention most.


Infrastructure

Development Environment

Development Process

Application

User Interface

Reporting & Analytics

Cloud
Scalability, can be third-party managed

Integrated development environment (IDE)

DevOps
CI/CD

Advanced integrations with other applications, meets needs of advanced users

Unified
Responsive web, tablets, mobile

Predictive analytics

Data center
Off-premise, backups, DR, third-party managed

Language-sensitive editor

Agile
Scrum, Kanban, etc.

Rich functionality

Web

Business intelligence

On-premise
Test, QA, backups, DR
No business interruption

Integrated build system

Prototyping, iterative, spiral

Basic functionality

GUI 
Windows application

Query & analysis solutions

On-premise with no QA, DR, or backups, or combo of

Source control, single or branched

Waterfall

Foundation/ infrastructure

Character- based

Spreadsheets

Not defined

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Not defined

Not defined

Not defined

Printed/paper reports

Modernization is a journey, not an event. The Synergy Application Maturity Model will help you determine where you are and where you want to go. We can help you get there.

How Synergex Can Help

Synergex can help you assess the maturity of your application—or a specific area of your application—and then help you plan and implement your modernization project.

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