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Modernising a Legacy Desktop Database
How an organisation could replace an ageing desktop database with a secure web application — without losing historical data.
Illustrative ScenarioNo real client. No measured results.
The story
1 · The business challenge
A critical business process runs on a desktop database built many years ago. Only one person understands it, it cannot be accessed remotely, and the organisation is concerned about data loss.
2 · Existing limitations
- Single-machine access and no remote use
- Limited backups and no audit history
- Undocumented business rules embedded in forms
- Data quality issues accumulated over years
3 · Proposed solution
A secure, browser-based application that reproduces the essential workflows, documents the business rules, and adds role-based access, audit logging, and automated backups.
4 · Implementation approach
- 01Reverse-engineer data structures and business rules
- 02Interview users to separate essential features from legacy habits
- 03Design a modern data model and interface
- 04Run trial migrations with reconciliation reports
- 05Parallel run before decommissioning the old system
5 · Integrations
- Single sign-on
- Document storage
- Reporting tools
6 · Outcome & evidence
This is an illustrative scenario. It describes an approach, not a delivered result.
Success measures we would track
- Successful reconciliation of migrated records
- Availability of remote, role-based access
- Documented business rules
- Backup and recovery tested
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