Abstract
Certainly, many project managers (PMs) have racked their brains over the question of how to assure quality in a legacy software-migration project. In recent years, these project cases, intended to modernize legacy systems, have been increasing, reflecting the customers' needs. Some of these projects are facing an uphill battle because it is difficult to assure the expected quality. As a PM, the author has had the experience of managing a project to modernize a legacy system of approximately 400 K lines of code, which consisted of a mainframe and COBOL under the supervision of a senior manager. The project finished on time and within budget, and the system has been in operation without any problems since the service launch. It is believed that this is not a coincidence, but the result of actions taken by the project management. This paper reports the results of this project and describes the lessons learned about better project management.
