Software Product Modernization

The need for software modernization or overhaul is often indicated by several signs. If you are experiencing frequent downtime, compatibility issues with newer technologies, poor performance, difficulty adding new features, or security concerns, these are all red flags that your software systems may need an upgrade.

A well-architected modernization plan allows for incremental implementation, thus reducing disruption. We break down the modernization process into manageable phases, allowing regular progress without needing a full system outage.

The cost of modernizing an existing software product is highly variable depending on several factors, including the project's size, complexity, and chosen technology stack. After a comprehensive analysis of your software modernization needs, we’ll provide you with a thorough budget model.



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Over the last ten years, clients have invested between $50 thousand to more than $1 million in product modernization efforts.

Since Atomic Object deploys teams of full-time employees on projects, our start date for projects depends on their availability. This means you won’t get stuck with an outsourced team, and when a project team is assigned to you, your needs become our priority.

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Completing the form above will get you in touch with a Managing Partner who will work with you to understand your schedule constraints and do their best to meet them.

While it's true that hiring an offshore or nearshore team might seem like a simple way to cut costs, we’ve put together a guide to help you understand the nuanced benefits and risks of teams located in a variety of geographies.

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Though they cost more, U.S.-based firms provide the benefit of high throughput, high-quality deliverables, cultural alignment, and ease of communication. You can expect a high probability of project success, driven by top-quality deliverables and innovation.

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Leaders that opt to work with nearshore teams will benefit from closer cultural and time zone alignment compared to offshore options and cost-effective solutions. However, it's important to note that the cost advantage for securing top nearshore talent compared to onshore talent is diminishing and is expected to continue to decline. Working with nearshore firms invites the potential for issues with quality, communication, and culture trade-offs that may increase cost, extend timelines and reduce cost advantages. They deliver a medium to high level of project success, balancing cost and quality, though they cannot match the innovation level of U.S. firms.

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Offshore firms offer the lowest hourly rates, but face challenges like significant time zone and cultural differences, which complicate communication and collaboration, and necessitate extensive specification documentation. Geopolitical and legal resolutions also pose potential issues.

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The cost savings are significant, but challenges in communication and time zone will impact project timelines and quality. For this reason, they result in a low to medium level of project success.

Yes. We are a true one-stop shop for product, design, development, and support software consulting needs. We specialize in particularly complex, multi-domain projects.

We’re not a good fit to create a marketing site. Over the last 10 years, clients have invested more than $70 million building new software products with our teams, and they’ve offered us a perfect 5.0 referral rating on Clutch.

This question comes down to a trade-off between the value of niche expertise versus management and coordination overhead.

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If you have the interest and skill to manage consultancies to each aspect of your innovation project, then you may find some benefit. But if you have competing priorities, hiring a full-project team gives you one team to hold accountable, reduces interdisciplinary friction, and keeps everyone focused on the same business outcomes.

Atomic’s position as a mid-size company strikes the perfect balance. In the U.S., there are many small companies and relatively few large ones in our industry.

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We find that employing more than 100 people allows us to fully meet your needs, while keeping our team smaller than those of 1,000+ employee consultancies ensures we offer personalized attention and flexibility.

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Layer on the benefits of a fully on-shore team that works from in-person offices, and you’ll gain additional personalized attention from our mid-sized team.

Managing Partners are your guide through the sales process. Each of them is a former software practitioner, and each owns P&L responsibility for the success of your project.

Other firms set you up with a detached salesforce that is paid on commission to close the sale, and then they pass you off to the project team.

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Atomic’s Managing Partners are responsible for finding the best in-person teams to work from their office, and they talk to the practitioners on your project every day. Because of their practitioner background, they understand how to sell projects that have the best possible chance to succeed.

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Managing Partners oversee both clients like you and the project team assigned to your project, so their priorities are aligned with yours.

We strongly believe that our teams can deliver great work for clients located across the country. But we also believe that the best teams must work in physical proximity with one another to maximize their success.

While many consultancies have opted to save resources with a remote-first approach, we’ve continued to invest in project success through our four offices where in-person teams collaborate on client projects every day. Our project work goes through collaborative cycles of generative activities, synthesis, and execution. The cycle repeats during the course of a project.

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Our deliberate choice for a co-located team structure stems from a deep commitment to delivering unparalleled value to our clients and nurturing a vibrant company culture of learning and excellence.

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Access to talent is essential, and Atomic Object’s offices are strategically located in regions with rich access to top talent. Our Career Accelerator, an accelerated professional development program for newly graduated computer science majors, helps us build our team of world-class software developers. Fair pay, strong benefits, continuous learning, ownership opportunities, and a sense of belonging help recruit top senior practitioners and help us grow an amazing team. Our retention of employees outperforms the market because of the added benefits of team cohesion and social bonds.

We believe in an open, transparent communication approach throughout the modernization process.

Every project at Atomic has a team lead known as a Delivery Lead. This person is your consistent point of contact. Delivery Leads are tasked with three big responsibilities:

1. Equipping the team with everything they need to make forward progress,
2. Making sure that your priorities are our priorities, and
3. Keeping you informed about the project’s status.

Regular updates will be provided by your Delivery Lead, keeping you informed about every step and decision throughout the project.

At Atomic, we invest in an in-house technical recruiter who finds us the best U.S. talent. Our interview process, honed over more than two decades, helps us bring on not only exceptionally talented technical practitioners but also team members whose values align well with ours. These practitioners are adept at navigating consulting relationships and finding win-win situations for both clients and teams.

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Atomic is carefully run by leaders who make decisions that prioritize the long-term. This means not only are your projects staffed by full-time employees for success, but the employment offering is designed to retain smart, talented consultants. Our turnover rate is only 8.8%, well below industry standards, which reflects our employees' high engagement and satisfaction.

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This dedicated and engaged set of team members translates to proven client value; over the last decade, 38% of our revenue has come from satisfied clients coming back to Atomic for additional projects.

A software modernization project's timeline can vary greatly depending on the size and complexity of the system being upgraded. For a project of X complexity, it could take anywhere from Y weeks to Z months. A more accurate timeline can be provided upon in-depth system analysis.

The protection of your data is top priority during the modernization process. We leverage state-of-the-art security measures, including encryption, regular backups, and strict access controls to ensure complete integrity and safety of your data.

Any modernization project comes with inherent risks such as potential downtime, unforeseen complications, and cost overruns. They are mitigated through a combination of stringent project management, thorough planning, risk assessment, and comprehensive testing.

Our team conducts rigorous testing at different stages throughout the modernization process to ensure all functionalities are preserved and enhanced. This includes both automated and manual testing and examining compatibility, usability, performance and security.

Yes, a modernized software system will indeed be easier to maintain and update compared to the legacy system. It's designed with scalability in mind, coupled with the use of modern design principles and technologies which reduce the time spent on updates and bug fixes.

We offer a variety of post-modernization support options to help you maintain the optimal performance of your modernized system. This includes services like troubleshooting, regular patches & updates, additional feature enhancements, and a dedicated helpdesk.