An old app has no business value left. Which disposition fits?
Why C is the answer
Deprecate
An app with no business value left should be deprecated rather than kept or migrated.
In detail
- With no business value, deprecate it.
- Check who still depends on it.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
An old reporting app has no users left, so a team deprecates it, rather than migrate it.
See it in different ways
flowchart TD
A{"Workload review"} --> B["Build new"]
A --> C["Buy"]
A --> D["Modify"]
A --> E["Deprecate"]mindmap
root((Change))
Migration
Migration Center
Licenses
Finance
CapEx to OpEx
People
Training
Stakeholders
Delivery
Service catalogflowchart TD
Q{"Does it still have value?"}
Q -->|"Yes, as it is"| A0["Keep or migrate"]
Q -->|"Needs changes"| A1["Modify"]
Q -->|"No"| A2["Deprecate"]Key point: Deprecate what has no value.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Buy a replacement
- There is no need to replace it.
- B. Modify and migrate it
- Migrating it wastes money.
- D. Build a replacement
- There is no need to replace it.