Webinar Held on 'Visualizing Specifications of Black-Boxed Legacy Open Systems'

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Serious Problems with "Legacy Open Systems" Lacking Responsible Personnel and Specifications Currently, many companies are struggling with the black-box nature of legacy open systems (such as VB6, VB.NET, old Java, Delphi, etc.). Due to years of modifications and operations, documentation has not been updated, and with the retirement of personnel, a situation arises where "no one understands the overall picture."

As a result, problems that affect business continuity arise, such as: ・Delayed cause identification during system failures ・High risk due to inability to predict the scope of impact during modifications ・Ambiguous cost estimations leading to project stagnation ・Inability to make future migration decisions

Therefore, it is necessary to correctly interpret source code and visualize current specifications (document them).

Reverse Engineering Alone is Insufficient in Reality Reverse engineering is an important technique for understanding system structure and dependencies. However, many companies find themselves "only seeing, not acting" due to the following challenges:

・The obtained information is fragmented and difficult to use as design documents. ・It is not granular enough to be utilized for modification decisions or impact analysis. ・Deep understanding of language-specific characteristics (VB6, Delphi, etc.) is required. ・Manually documenting large amounts of code is not practical.

In other words, the hurdle lies in organizing the visualized information into "usable design documents."

Automatically Generate "Usable Design Documents" from Source Code and Accurately Visualize Structure This seminar will introduce a method for automatically generating design documents at the detailed design level from source code using a proprietary reverse engine, thereby accurately visualizing system structure and dependencies. This is expected to yield effects such as:

・Easy understanding of the scope of impact ・Clear grasp of relationships between modules, screens, and data ・Elimination of knowledge silos and improved maintenance efficiency ・Clear basis for future migration/modification decisions

Currently, we are offering a free trial where we create sample design documents from your source code. The procedure for this will also be explained during the seminar.

Future Functionality: Summarizing Visualization Results with AI for Higher Design Levels While this seminar will primarily introduce the "currently offered visualization features," we plan to implement an AI summarization function in the future. This will enable automatic generation of higher-level documents from detailed design level documentation, such as:

・Summarization to basic design level ・Abstraction to requirements definition level

The AI summarization function is currently under development, and only the implementation policy and roadmap will be presented in this seminar.

Recommended for the Following Individuals ・Those who want to visualize legacy open systems such as VB / Java / Delphi / C#. ・Those whose responsible personnel have retired or whose handover is incomplete, making it difficult to understand current specifications.