CASES

CASES

APPLICATION QUICK-SCAN
Customer Problem	New application was causing many problems.
Customer Question	Were technical and/or design issues the cause?
Synergi Corp Solution	Quick-scan of the documentation and application source code (Uniface 4GL).
Synergi Corp Result	Major problem areas were identified in the application design and implementation. Additionally, the testing process was considered insufficient and incomplete.
Customer Benefits	The customer has solved the technical issues and has improved the testing processes resolving most operational problems.

QUALITY ASSESSMENT
Customer Problem	Maintenance costs were increasing as was time-to-fix.
Customer Question	How can maintainability be improved?
Synergi Corp Solution	Detailed quality assessment of the application source code and architecture
Synergi Corp Result	Components with low maintainability were identified and strategies for restructuring and re-design were suggested to improve maintainability.
Customer Benefits	Customer could focus available development resources on weak spots thus minimizing effort while maximizing results.

MIGRATION
Customer Problem	Cobol/Jcl application needed to be migrated from IBM to Compaq/DEC platform.
Customer Question	How can we efficiently migrate this application?
Synergi Corp Solution	Sizing and detailed analysis provided insight into the needed conversions.
Synergi Corp Result	Based on sizing and detailed analysis customized conversion tools were developed to migrate the IBM JCL to DEC VAX DCL without manual conversion labor.
Customer Benefits	The application could be migrated significantly faster with less risks than could have been achieved manually.