Each phase produces a deliverable, clears a decision gate and triggers the next one. You decide at every gate.
01 Setup
Install and validate the stack, the developer harness, CI and permissions before any analysis.
Deliverable : Versioned stack, operational harness, deterministic CI, confirmed access.
02 Assessment
Make modernization decidable: identify every impact, measure their scale, propose a costed trajectory.
Deliverable : Impact matrix, low/likely/high cost estimate, trajectory sheet.
03 Pilot
Prove the trajectory and the harness on a real scope, calibrate effort, verify the guardrails.
Deliverable : Transformed scope, recalibrated cost estimate, detailed plan, documented failures.
04 Industrialization
Make the method reproducible by any team, with no dependency on the initial expert.
Deliverable : Reusable package, trained teams, recalculable KPIs.