The fork in the road - the Application Modernization Roadmap for Notes/Domino/XPages customers

AD113 - The Fork in the Road: The Application Modernization Roadmap for Notes/Domino/XPages Customers

John Head, PSC Group, LLC

Chief Evangelist

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3 things you will learn in this session

1. What is Application Modernization and why does it matter

2. What a modern web application on the Domino platform looks like

3. What are your options if you want to modernize away from the Domino

platform

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Agenda

• About me

• Application State of the Union

• What is Application Modernization?

• The Best of Modern Web Development on Domino

• Options beyond Domino

• Q&A

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Who is John?

Chief Evangelist & Business Development

24 years experience

19 Consulting, 5 sales

Speaker of 50+ sessions at conferences and

user groups around the world

Specialize in Application Modernization &

Integration

5 year Lumity Exec Board Member

Joining YWCA of Chicago Board 6/16

PSC is a business and IT consulting firm specializing instrategy and integration.

We match experienced professionals with proven andemergent technology to design, deliver, and servicecustomized solutions. We turn IT into an effectivestrategic resource that improves efficiencies and workstreams, delivers a measurable return on investment,and grows companies.

PSC Group, LLC is proud to be a Platinum Sponsor of MWLUG 2016.

Since MWLUG 2009, PSC has shared our knowledge and experience around IBM Notes, Domino, and XPages and application modernization. This year, we will do

that and more.

Let us help you navigate the road ahead.

/PSCGroup/psc-group-llc/ @PSCGroup [email protected]

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PSC Group, LLC is proud to announce that, once again, they are home to multiple IBM Champions. Six top PSC employees were selected for the 2015 list: John Head, Mark Roden, Shean McManus, Kathy Brown, Brad Balassaitis and Toby Samples. PSC has more IBM Champions than any other single organization. PSC has had at least one employee named an IBM Champion since they started with the recognition 6 years ago.

Congratulations to our six IBM Champions

Brad Balassaitis Kathy Brown Toby Samples Mark Roden John Head Shean McManus

TechTarget

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IBM White Papers

Application Development Strategy

Written by IBM,

PSC, &

Czarnowski

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Agenda

• About me





• Q&A

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How did we get here?

•Doing the same things better

Iteration

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How did we get here?

• Doing the same things betterIteration

• Doing new thingsInnovation

• Doing new things that make the old ones obsolete

Transformation

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The Application Disruptors

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UX

Modern Workflow

MobileSocial

Cloud

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Agenda

• About me





• Q&A

14© 2015 IBM Corporation

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Our Methodology

Application Modernization, Not Migration

InventoryExisting

Application Portfolio

Categorize and Prioritize

Estimate Modernization

Costs

Determine Landing Platform

Network Impact Analysis

Data Center Impact Analysis

Define Security Model on

Landing Platform

EstablishTools &

Standards

Application Transformation

Data Transformation

SunsetLegacy

Environment

Develop Support and Staffing Plan

Application Modernized!

Reduce Licensing of Legacy

Environment

Define Governance

Model

Modify Infrastructure

Establish Development Environment

Specify and Procure

Production Hardware and

Software

Analysis & Design

Prepare for a more data driven, mobile, social and dynamic future

Identify opportunities to enhance processes, workflow and security

Technical Analysis

Business Value Analysis

Cultural Change Analysis

Develop Training Plan and Materials

Train End Users on Modernized

Application

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Application Portfolio Value

• Is the IT Portfolio aligned to the Business Value?

• Can we identify immediate cost savings?

• Are there any technical issues requiring remediation?

Business Value

Technical Environment

Tolerate Invest

Eliminate Migrate

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What are our options?

Sunset Maintain

Modernize Replatform

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Agenda

• About me





• Q&A

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Searching for Content

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Content Navigation and Information

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Sizing for Device / Responsive Design

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Displaying Executive Summary / Dashboard

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Exporting Content for ReUse

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IBM Connections Integration

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Agenda

• About me





• Q&A

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We Love Notes & Domino, But …

• PSC has been modernizing and migrating Notes & Domino

applications for over 10 years

• Over 4,000 apps moved to different platforms, millions of $

• Understanding platforms and products is important, understanding

process and people matters far more

• As emotional as looking beyond Notes & Domino can be, this is an

opportunity for growth

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Separating Domino into component parts

Security Model

Data

Application Logic

User Interface

IBM Domino 1989 - 2016

Security Model Data

Application logic

User Interface

Modern Web Applications 2010 onwards

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Migrating Data, Not UI or Logic

Security Model

Data

Application Logic

User Interface

Current Application

Security Model Data

Application logic

User Interface

New Application

There is no tool that

moves an entire

Notes application to

any other platform …

Successfully

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Looking Beyond IBM Notes & Domino

IBM Options

Microsoft Platform

Citizen Development

Scalable Enterprise Server (Java)

Modern API based Platform

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The IBM Options Beyond Notes & Domino

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IBM Bluemix, But More

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Digital Experience + Bluemix + XPages

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Digital Experience + XPages

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Digital Experience + Microsoft SharePoint

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IBM Options

Microsoft Platform

Citizen Development



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The Office365 Platform

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The Office365 Platform

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Notes to SharePoint Expertise

• Over 10 Years Experience

• Partnerships with Binary Tree and AvePoint to Move Data

• Having 20+ Notes & Domino team & 50+ SharePoint and .NET

Developers who all have business process experience

• Customer Success

• Large Insurance Company in the Midwest

• Moved 250+ databases based on 3 complex Notes templates

• Most successful modernization effort inside the customer in a decade

• Key was the customer interaction and process

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Migrating Notes Apps: Challenges

Complex forms

Developers had complete control over layout, keyboard navigation, look & feel, security

Tabs, validation rules and secured content

Behind-the-scenes workflow

Agents and code behind forms orchestrated workflow; seamless to the user

By the time an app is rebuilt, the business process has changed

Role-based security

Change management

Client application web application

New way of doing things

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Migrating Notes Forms & Automation

Most Notes apps automate a business process

Recommended implementation:

Notes Forms

Lotus Script

Notes Documents & Attachments

Agents

User Interface

Business Rules Engine

Data Layer

Workflow

Nintex Forms

SharePoint List Items &

Documents

Nintex Workflow

Component Legacy App Modernized App

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Nintex Takes the Edge Off

What is Nintex?Forms and Workflow tool for SharePoint Online, 2016 and 2013

WYSIWYG forms editor with rich customizability

Robust workflow engineBranching & looping

Custom task forms

Service integration with other apps

Document generation

Rich analytics suite

Nintex bridges the gap between Notes and SharePoint

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SHAREPOINT OOB

Notes to SharePoint: Forms

NOTES

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NOTES SHAREPOINT + NINTEX


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DRAG & DROP DOCUMENTS INTUITIVE APPROVAL

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It’s not Modernization without MobileWORK ORDER

SIGNATURESEXPENSE REPORTS LEAVE REQUEST

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Notes to SharePoint: Workflow

Most approval in Notes is NOT task-based

Poses functional and change management risks

By the time a legacy app is rebuilt, business process has changed

Just because the process changed doesn’t mean it’s documented

This is why a no-code solution is important: supports Agile development

Take this opportunity to re-prioritize and streamline

In SaaS world, integration is a MUST

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Notes to SharePoint: Workflow

DASHBOARDS & ROLLUPS FOR SEVERAL BUSINESS PROCESSES AT ONCE

START WORKFLOW IN

CONTEXT WORKFLOW-SPECIFIC FORMSSAVE AS DRAFT, SAVE &

SUBMIT

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Office365 Platform

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IBM Options

Microsoft Platform

Citizen Development



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The Return of Citizen Development

• Empowering the savvy user is nothing new

• Notes growth exploded as the business user built applications

• Today’s Citizen Development platforms focused on web & mobile

applications delivered quickly

• Built around applications

• Formula Language -> JavaScript

• “Fast, Cheap, No Need for IT”

• Application Catalogs / Marketplace is common

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Citizen Development Platforms

Forrester Wave™: Low-Code Development Platforms, Q2 2016.

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QuickBase

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Migrating from Notes & Domino to QuickBase

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IBM Options

Microsoft Platform

Citizen Development



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Mark Roden

• ~20 years working with IBM

• Principal Architect at PSC Group

• Developer, Project Leader, Front-End Guy,

• Evangelist, Troublemaker

• IBM ICS Champion & IBM Cloud Champion

• Contact Information

• Blog: http://www.xomino.com

• Twitter: @markyroden

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OSGI Plugins on Domino

• Allow you to write full Java EE web apps

• Allows you to leave Data and Security Model intact

• Easily update to run on any Java Web Server

• No changes to client side apps (Angular, Ember, React) necessary to

upgrade

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3.5

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Reducing Domino Dependancy over time

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Zero Domino

All Domino

All DominoTraditional notes forms/views/XPages

1. Simple Apps - Retain Domino data and security, create web interface using Angular.js

2. Complex apps - Retain Domino data and security, separate logic from data model using OSGI plugins (MVC) and Angular.js

3. Migrate OSGI plug in J2EE, migrate data and security model. Exit Domino

Zero DominoMVC migrated

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IBM Options

Microsoft Platform

Citizen Development



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The Path to the Perfect Web Application Platform

• PSC has been looking for the best road forward for IBM Domino /

XPages applications and developers

• Leverage the applications built, provide a roadmap that removes IBM

Software

• Looking for a partnership that understands both the legacy of Notes &

Domino, and looking to the future

• The key to Notes & Domino is the security model

PSC Group, LLC is proud to announce our partnership with LDC Via at MWLUG 2016

We look forward to sharing more about our partnership and the application roadmap we are building together

/PSCGroup/psc-group-llc/ @PSCGroup [email protected]

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Where LDC Via fits

Security

ModelData

Application logic

User Interface

Modern Web Applications using LDC Via

Security Model Data

Application logic

User Interface

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LCD Via – More than just Archival

• A new Mongo/Node.js based service mimicking IBM Domino Security

model

• Initially marketed as archival solution

• Supports modernization efforts

• Supports green field development

• LDC Via has been selected as a G-Cloud 8 supplier

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Why LCD Via?

• Working together to meet client needs for low-risk migration

• Modern development platform

• Familiar REST based API Model

• Familiar security model baked in

• Data Migration tools

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Agenda

• About me





• Q&A

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3 things you learned in this session

1. What is Application Modernization and why it matters

2. What are your options if you want to move away from Notes & Domino

3. PSC has been doing this for 10+ years, at the same time building the

best XPages for our customers. We can help you modernize,

replatform, and migrate.

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Thank You! Questions?

Contact:

John Head

331.684.7114 | [email protected]

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The fork in the road - the Application Modernization Roadmap for Notes/Domino/XPages customers

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