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Structured modernisation decisions for enterprise IT

ShiftAdvisor is a legacy modernisation decision platform. It structures the assessment process and produces clear, defensible recommendations — before large budgets are committed.

Why modernisation decisions fail

Enterprise IT leaders know legacy applications need to modernise, but lack a structured way to decide what to move to, how to sequence the work, and what risks sit inside the current estate.

  • Fragmented knowledge

    Critical decisions rely on tribal knowledge held by one or two people. When they leave, the rationale leaves with them.

  • Vendor bias

    Vendor-led assessments favour their own platforms. The recommendation is decided before the analysis begins.

  • No defensible recommendations

    Without structured scoring, stakeholders cannot justify the chosen path. Large budgets are committed to approaches no one can defend.

How it works

Three steps. One assessment per application. Multiple applications scored against the same organisation context without re-establishing it.

  1. Step 1

    Set context

    Define your organisation profile in five minutes — strategic priorities, constraints, budget, timeline, and team capability. This context shapes how every application is evaluated.

  2. Step 2

    Assess application

    Provide application details in ten minutes — usage, integrations, data sensitivity, support model, and forcing functions. Upload artefacts and AI extracts metrics automatically.

  3. Step 3

    Get recommendation

    The scoring engine evaluates eight modernisation paths against your profile and organisation context. Receive three ranked options with a boardroom-ready PDF brief — instantly.

What makes ShiftAdvisor different

  • Encoded practitioner expertise

    The scoring model is built from 25 years of system analysis and architecture experience. It encodes real practitioner judgement — not generic AI summarisation.

  • Deterministic scoring

    Same inputs produce the same outputs, every time. Results are auditable, reproducible, and defensible in front of a steering committee.

  • Organisation-aware weighting

    Scores are weighted by your specific priorities, constraints, and forcing functions. The recommendation reflects your strategy, not a generic framework.

Who it's for

  • CTOs

    Making modernisation investment decisions with defensible, data-backed recommendations for multi-million dollar budgets.

  • Solution architects

    Building business cases that withstand scrutiny, with full score breakdowns and platform-specific recommendations.

  • Program managers

    Prioritising application portfolios with a consistent, repeatable methodology across tens or hundreds of legacy applications.

  • Platform teams

    Evaluating target platform fit for each application against organisational constraints and team capabilities.

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