MaRMI-RE: Systematic componentization process for reengineering legacy system

Abstract

Most legacy systems have many problems to accommodate new technologies, or to be expanded or changed in accordance with complicated business requirements, since they are lack of standardization, openness, distributed architecture, and et al. Therefore, it is necessary to reengineer the legacy systems to maximize the utility thereof as an important asset of an organization. In this paper, we provide the a componentization process, that is the MaRMI-RE(Magic and Robust Methodology Integrated-ReEngineering), for reengineering legacy systems into component systems so that legacy systems can continue to be developed to comply with varying business and technical environments. We define and specify concrete procedures, work-products guidelines and considerations for transforming into component-based system with a well-defined architecture and more reusable assets. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.