architecture improvement method

Improve

Keep Data, Toss Code

Improvement approachesArchitecture and code structurestub

Intent

A strategy to improve systems, keeping the data created with the (old) systems as foundation for a new one. Also described as Bridge-to-the-New-Town (by Wolfgang Keller). This is the opposite of Never Change Running System.

Related patterns

  • Never Change Running System stub

    To minimize risks, you should try to refrain from changes to existing (working) code - as every change inevitably introduces new risks or even bugs.

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