WikiCOBOL
Protect your valuable institutional knowledge and ensure the long-term maintainability of your mission-critical COBOL systems with COBOLpro’s Retain & Preserve service. We understand that your COBOL systems are more than just code; they represent years of accumulated business logic, expertise, and investment. Our service is designed to capture and preserve this invaluable knowledge, mitigating the risk of loss due to employee turnover or retirement, and empowering your team to confidently manage your legacy infrastructure for years to come.
What We Offer:
Knowledge Capture: We work closely with your experienced COBOL developers and subject matter experts to identify and document critical system knowledge. This includes:
- Technical documentation of code, architecture, and dependencies.
- Capture of business rules, system logic, and operational procedures.
- Recording of best practices, troubleshooting tips, and historical context.
Knowledge Transfer: We facilitate structured knowledge transfer sessions between experienced staff and junior developers or new hires. This includes:
- Mentoring programs and hands-on training.
- Development of training materials and knowledge base articles.
- Creation of video tutorials and interactive learning modules.
Knowledge Base Development: We build a centralized and searchable knowledge base containing all captured information. This platform serves as a single source of truth for your COBOL systems, making it easy for your team to access the information they need, when they need it.
Documentation Enhancement: We review and enhance existing system documentation to ensure it is accurate, up-to-date, and easy to understand. This includes:
- Updating outdated documentation.
- Creating new documentation where gaps exist.
- Improving the organization and accessibility of documentation.
System Analysis & Documentation: We perform in-depth analysis of your COBOL systems to understand their architecture, dependencies, and functionality. This analysis informs the documentation process and ensures that all critical aspects of the system are captured.
Ready to safeguard your COBOL expertise and ensure the long-term success of your mission-critical systems?
- Our approach
Our approach to risk and compliance consulting
Mitigate Knowledge Loss
Protect your valuable institutional knowledge from being lost due to employee turnover, retirement, or other transitions. Our Retain & Preserve service ensures that this knowledge is captured and readily accessible to your team, preventing costly delays and disruptions.
Enured Business Continuity
Maintain the long-term stability and operability of your COBOL systems, even in the absence of key personnel. By preserving critical system knowledge, we ensure that your business operations can continue without interruption.
Reduced Training Costs & Faster Onboarding
Accelerate the onboarding process for new COBOL developers and reduce training costs. With readily available documentation and a structured knowledge transfer program, new hires can quickly become productive and contribute to your team.
Improved System Maintainability
Enhance the maintainability of your COBOL systems by creating comprehensive and up-to-date documentation. This makes it easier for your team to understand, modify, and support your systems, reducing the risk of errors and improving efficiency.
Increased System Understanding
Enhance the maintainability of your COBOL systems by creating comprehensive and up-to-date documentation. This makes it easier for your team to understand, modify, and support your systems, reducing the risk of errors and improving efficiency.
- Client success in Risk Management and Compliance
New hire onboarding time reduction
Our Retain & Preserve service significantly accelerates the onboarding process for new COBOL developers. Clients have reported a 25-40% reduction in the time it takes for new hires to become productive after implementing our knowledge transfer program. By capturing the expertise of retiring or transitioning employees, we ensure a smooth transition and minimize the learning curve for your team. This translates to faster project turnaround times and reduced training costs.
Faster training and knwoledge transfer
Protect your valuable institutional knowledge and ensure the long-term maintainability of your COBOL systems. Our Retain & Preserve service helps you mitigate the risk of knowledge loss due to employee turnover. Clients have seen a 115-250% improvement in their ability to quickly train and find errors in their systems.
Increased in development productivity
Comprehensive and accessible documentation is essential for effective COBOL system management. Our Retain & Preserve service helps you create and maintain high-quality documentation that is easy to understand and use. Clients have reported a 20-30% increase in developer productivity when working with systems that have been thoroughly documented using our process. This improved documentation also facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration, further enhancing team efficiency. We transform your COBOL documentation from a liability to a valuable asset.
Client results
Explore our success stories to see how we have helped businesses like yours overcome challenges and achieve tangible results.
