Pega Modernization:
What it is, Why it matters, and How to get it right

Across industries, some of the world’s leading organisations have invested in Pega’s enterprise AI decisioning and workflow automation platform to transform their businesses – from hyper-focusing on their customer, to optimising key processes.

This article summarises what Pega Modernization is, why it is important, and how to embark on this journey.

What is Pega Modernization?

Pega Modernization covers upgrading, enhancing, and future-proofing your existing Pega investment. This could include a combination of migrating to a cloud-native architecture, platform upgrade to Pega Infinity, or enhancing applications to use modern design patterns.

By doing so, organisations will continually drive business agility and operational excellence

Why Modernize ?

1. Increase Business Agility

Modernizing significantly enhances the ability to respond to market changes and customer demands. Moving to a cloud-based as-a-service model, organisations can quickly deploy new applications and solutions, meaning faster time-to-market and better innovation.

2. Enhance Operational Excellence

A modern Pega platform unlocks the latest AI-powered capabilities like Pega GenAI and Pega BluePrint. It also helps eliminate technical debt accumulated over time due to deferred maintenance, short-term fixes, and outdated practices.

3. Future-Proof Your Business

Modernizing positions your business to easily adopt emerging technologies and practices. By upgrading to Pega Infinity and leveraging its cloud-native architecture, your organization stays ahead of industry trends, ensuring long-term sustainability and competitiveness.

How to Successfully Modernize Your Pega Ecosystem

1. Modernization Assessment

This involves evaluating applications, infrastructure, and data to identify areas of improvement and technical debt. The Assessment defines a scope, plan and estimates – offering a clear roadmap aligned with your business goals.

2. Leverage Cloud Migration Tools

For migrating to Pega Cloud is a critical step. Pega provides tools and methodologies to accelerate this, ensuring minimal disruption and maximum efficiency. This enhances scalability and provides continuous access to the latest features and updates.

3. Adopt Modern Design Patterns

Modernization can include adopting modern design patterns like Constellation, Pega Live Data, DX API – goal being to significantly improve application performance, user experience, and business outcomes.

4. Implement DevOps Best Practices

Integrating DevOps practices into your modernization efforts ensures that your applications are developed, tested, and deployed with higher quality and speed. This includes automated testing, continuous integration, and deployment strategies that reduce the risk of errors and downtime.

5. Engage with Pega Experts

Partnering with experts will greatly enhance the success of Modernization efforts – they bring the necessary skills, experience and tools – simplifying the journey and reducing complexities.

Conclusion

Pega Modernization is more than just a technology upgrade — it’s a strategic investment in the future of your business. By doing so, organisations invested in Pega will increase agility, enhance operational excellence, and be ready for whatever the future holds – “build for change”.

Let BlueRose Technologies guide you with our Expert Services and complimentary assessment, setting you on the path to a successful and sustainable Modernization journey.

-by Arun Malhotra, Head of Client Services