Transform the estate AI has to run on — not another pilot beside the legacy.
Direct answer
what this is, in one pass
From Legacy to AI moves a software estate toward a modern product, platform and operating model capable of supporting SaaS, APIs, data and production AI while the existing business continues to operate.
Situation: The product has twenty years behind it and the market has already moved.
Where the investment thesis requires it, the programme can include the business-model transition from licence economics to SaaS or usage-based economics.
Exit
what remains when the mandate ends
The estate runs, the data is usable and AI runs in production under the client's own governance.
No. Where the investment thesis requires it, the programme can include the business-model transition from licence economics to SaaS or usage-based economics — otherwise the estate is modernised without it.
Are all phases mandatory?
No. The phases are sequenced from what the estate needs; a programme can run without a seat, or without a full build direction mandate.