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Digital Transformation vs Legacy Simplification
Both can touch the same systems. They differ in why they exist, who sponsors them and how success is judged, which is exactly why enterprises mix them up.
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Key takeaways
- Transformation changes how the organisation works, serves and decides. Simplification makes the estate cheaper and safer to run.
- Measure them separately, even when the engineering is identical.
- Simplify first. Decommissioning is a planned deliverable, not an assumption.
Inside the carousel
- Cover. Adds capability vs removes complexity
- Digital Transformation. It is what changes because of the technology
- Legacy Simplification. The cheapest system is the one you switched off
- Side by side. Different intent, different scorecard
- Why they get confused. Same work, different goal
- The fix. Simplify first, or you migrate the mess
- Takeaways. Three points to keep