Mainframe Modernization Planning and Execution Checklist Course
Course Overview This comprehensive course is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills necessary to plan and execute a successful mainframe modernization project. Upon completion, participants will receive a certificate issued by The Art of Service.
Course Curriculum Module 1: Introduction to Mainframe Modernization
- Understanding the need for mainframe modernization
- Benefits and challenges of mainframe modernization
- Overview of mainframe modernization approaches
- Setting modernization goals and objectives
Module 2: Assessing the Current State of the Mainframe
- Identifying mainframe assets and dependencies
- Analyzing mainframe data and applications
- Evaluating mainframe infrastructure and performance
- Assessing mainframe security and compliance
Module 3: Defining the Modernization Strategy
- Determining the modernization approach
- Evaluating rehosting, replatforming, and refactoring options
- Considering cloud and hybrid cloud strategies
- Developing a modernization roadmap
Module 4: Planning the Modernization Project
- Defining project scope and objectives
- Establishing a project timeline and milestones
- Identifying and assessing project risks
- Developing a project budget and resource plan
Module 5: Executing the Modernization Project
- Managing the modernization project team
- Coordinating with stakeholders and vendors
- Executing the modernization plan
- Monitoring and controlling project progress
Module 6: Data Migration and Integration
- Understanding data migration approaches
- Planning and executing data migration
- Integrating modernized applications with existing systems
- Ensuring data quality and integrity
Module 7: Application Modernization
- Understanding application modernization approaches
- Rehosting, replatforming, and refactoring applications
- Modernizing application architecture and design
- Ensuring application security and compliance
Module 8: Infrastructure Modernization
- Understanding infrastructure modernization approaches
- Modernizing mainframe infrastructure
- Migrating to cloud or hybrid cloud infrastructure
- Ensuring infrastructure security and compliance
Module 9: Testing and Quality Assurance
- Understanding testing and quality assurance approaches
- Developing a testing and quality assurance plan
- Executing testing and quality assurance activities
- Ensuring application and infrastructure quality
Module 10: Deployment and Cutover
- Understanding deployment and cutover approaches
- Planning and executing deployment and cutover
- Ensuring a smooth transition to the modernized environment
- Minimizing downtime and disruption
Module 11: Post-Modernization Activities
- Ensuring ongoing support and maintenance
- Monitoring and optimizing modernized applications and infrastructure
- Continuously improving the modernized environment
- Reviewing and refining the modernization process
Course Features - Interactive and engaging content: Learn through a mix of video lessons, interactive simulations, and hands-on projects.
- Comprehensive and up-to-date content: Stay current with the latest mainframe modernization trends and best practices.
- Personalized learning experience: Learn at your own pace and track your progress.
- Expert instructors: Learn from experienced professionals with extensive mainframe modernization expertise.
- Certification upon completion: Receive a certificate issued by The Art of Service upon completing the course.
- Flexible learning: Access the course from anywhere, at any time, on any device.
- User-friendly interface: Navigate the course easily with a intuitive and user-friendly interface.
- Mobile accessibility: Access the course on-the-go, on any mobile device.
- Community-driven: Connect with other learners and instructors through discussion forums and live sessions.
- Actionable insights: Apply the knowledge and skills learned in the course to real-world mainframe modernization projects.
- Hands-on projects: Practice and reinforce your learning through hands-on projects and simulations.
- Bite-sized lessons: Learn in short, manageable chunks, making it easier to fit learning into your busy schedule.
- Lifetime access: Access the course materials for a lifetime, with no time limits or expiration dates.
- Gamification: Engage with the course through gamification elements, such as points, badges, and leaderboards.
- Progress tracking: Track your progress and stay motivated with course progress tracking.
What You'll Receive - A comprehensive understanding of mainframe modernization planning and execution
- A certificate issued by The Art of Service upon completing the course
- Lifetime access to the course materials
- Ongoing support and community engagement
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Module 1: Introduction to Mainframe Modernization
- Understanding the need for mainframe modernization
- Benefits and challenges of mainframe modernization
- Overview of mainframe modernization approaches
- Setting modernization goals and objectives
Module 2: Assessing the Current State of the Mainframe
- Identifying mainframe assets and dependencies
- Analyzing mainframe data and applications
- Evaluating mainframe infrastructure and performance
- Assessing mainframe security and compliance
Module 3: Defining the Modernization Strategy
- Determining the modernization approach
- Evaluating rehosting, replatforming, and refactoring options
- Considering cloud and hybrid cloud strategies
- Developing a modernization roadmap
Module 4: Planning the Modernization Project
- Defining project scope and objectives
- Establishing a project timeline and milestones
- Identifying and assessing project risks
- Developing a project budget and resource plan
Module 5: Executing the Modernization Project
- Managing the modernization project team
- Coordinating with stakeholders and vendors
- Executing the modernization plan
- Monitoring and controlling project progress
Module 6: Data Migration and Integration
- Understanding data migration approaches
- Planning and executing data migration
- Integrating modernized applications with existing systems
- Ensuring data quality and integrity
Module 7: Application Modernization
- Understanding application modernization approaches
- Rehosting, replatforming, and refactoring applications
- Modernizing application architecture and design
- Ensuring application security and compliance
Module 8: Infrastructure Modernization
- Understanding infrastructure modernization approaches
- Modernizing mainframe infrastructure
- Migrating to cloud or hybrid cloud infrastructure
- Ensuring infrastructure security and compliance
Module 9: Testing and Quality Assurance
- Understanding testing and quality assurance approaches
- Developing a testing and quality assurance plan
- Executing testing and quality assurance activities
- Ensuring application and infrastructure quality
Module 10: Deployment and Cutover
- Understanding deployment and cutover approaches
- Planning and executing deployment and cutover
- Ensuring a smooth transition to the modernized environment
- Minimizing downtime and disruption
Module 11: Post-Modernization Activities
- Ensuring ongoing support and maintenance
- Monitoring and optimizing modernized applications and infrastructure
- Continuously improving the modernized environment
- Reviewing and refining the modernization process
Course Features - Interactive and engaging content: Learn through a mix of video lessons, interactive simulations, and hands-on projects.
- Comprehensive and up-to-date content: Stay current with the latest mainframe modernization trends and best practices.
- Personalized learning experience: Learn at your own pace and track your progress.
- Expert instructors: Learn from experienced professionals with extensive mainframe modernization expertise.
- Certification upon completion: Receive a certificate issued by The Art of Service upon completing the course.
- Flexible learning: Access the course from anywhere, at any time, on any device.
- User-friendly interface: Navigate the course easily with a intuitive and user-friendly interface.
- Mobile accessibility: Access the course on-the-go, on any mobile device.
- Community-driven: Connect with other learners and instructors through discussion forums and live sessions.
- Actionable insights: Apply the knowledge and skills learned in the course to real-world mainframe modernization projects.
- Hands-on projects: Practice and reinforce your learning through hands-on projects and simulations.
- Bite-sized lessons: Learn in short, manageable chunks, making it easier to fit learning into your busy schedule.
- Lifetime access: Access the course materials for a lifetime, with no time limits or expiration dates.
- Gamification: Engage with the course through gamification elements, such as points, badges, and leaderboards.
- Progress tracking: Track your progress and stay motivated with course progress tracking.
What You'll Receive - A comprehensive understanding of mainframe modernization planning and execution
- A certificate issued by The Art of Service upon completing the course
- Lifetime access to the course materials
- Ongoing support and community engagement
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- A comprehensive understanding of mainframe modernization planning and execution
- A certificate issued by The Art of Service upon completing the course
- Lifetime access to the course materials
- Ongoing support and community engagement