Free Programming and Tech Demo Project Template
A programming and tech demo project covers discovery, rollout design, extraction work, migration rehearsal, release hardening, and handover steps for a legacy rebuild.
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A legacy rebuild can’t come at the cost of uptime, because invoicing, dispatch, and payments still have to keep moving while the work changes underneath. This project gives the work a clear order, so a rewrite doesn’t drift into half-finished releases and late-night firefights when a dependency snaps.
The board runs left to right through Discovery and audit, Strategy and design, Extraction and replatforming, Data migration rehearsal, Release and harden, and Handover and close. Headings use Lora over Inter, with a tweed teal and a safety-amber accent that keeps the focus on careful cutovers and checks, not big reveal moments.
- Discovery and audit Cards surface what’s in the legacy codebase, what it depends on, and what environments it actually runs in before any changes start.
- Strategy and design Cards capture the rollout approach, API contract decisions, and the database migration and refactor plan that the rest of the work follows.
- Extraction and replatforming Cards track module extraction, endpoint-safe rebuilds, cloud moves, and CI/CD setup so releases don’t rely on manual steps.
- Release and harden Cards cover staged cutover, verification, and reconciliation steps that protect live transactions during the switch.
- Handover and close Cards bundle runbooks, knowledge transfer, and monitoring cadence so operations can run what you’ve shipped.
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What is on this board
6 columns carrying 22 cards. Adding it builds the whole thing as a project in your workspace, with every column and card in place.
| Column | What is in it |
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Discovery and audit | Covers the codebase audit, dependency mapping, and the build and runtime inventory, so the project starts from what exists rather than what’s assumed.
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Strategy and design | Holds the re-platform plan, the strangler rollout approach, the API layer contract, and the database migration plan that guides the rest of the board.
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Extraction and replatforming | Tracks module extraction, API work, endpoint-compatible rebuilds, cloud re-platforming steps, and CI/CD pipeline work as cards move across.
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Data migration rehearsal | Runs a rehearsal with rollback steps, validates datasets with parity checks, and records the cutover runbook before the real migration.
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Release and harden | Covers staged cutover, release pipeline hardening, environment parity checks, and post-cutover verification and transaction reconciliation.
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Handover and close | Collects runbooks, knowledge-transfer sessions, maintenance and monitoring setup, and the closeout work for repositories and archives.
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What happens when you install it
- A project is created with its board, 6 columns and 22 cards already there.
- Nothing carries a due date, because a board holds the order the work runs in rather than a calendar. The dates go on once you know when the job starts.
- Every card opens as a task with its own description, assignee, dates, subtasks and files, and columns are renamed, reordered or deleted like any other.
Who it is for
Software teams and consultants doing legacy modernisation work, custom software rebuilds, or API & integrations projects where a cutover can’t break day-to-day operations.
Questions about this project template
Can you change a legacy system without stopping day-to-day operations?
Yes, if the work ships in small cutovers and keeps old endpoints stable while new internals replace them. The board reflects that approach with an audit first, then rollout design, extraction work, and staged release steps.
What happens if the data migration goes wrong on cutover night?
A migration plan needs a rehearsal, parity checks, and a rollback path before the live cutover. The board includes a data migration rehearsal column and release steps that include verification and reconciliation.
How do you deal with a system nobody has fully documented?
The work starts by mapping what’s actually there: the codebase, dependencies, integrations, and the environments it runs in. The first column on the board focuses on that discovery and audit pass so unknowns get written down as cards.
What do you need from our people week to week during a rebuild?
The work needs owners for decisions and access to operational knowledge as discoveries come up. In this template, the practical requirement is adding your team to the project and assigning them to the cards.
What are the main phases of a legacy modernisation project?
Most projects move from discovery, to rollout and design decisions, to extraction and re-platforming, then migration rehearsal, release hardening, and handover. This board uses those same phases as columns so work moves in a fixed order.
How many cards are on this board?
This template comes with 22 cards already on the board. Each card represents a specific check or deliverable inside one of the six columns.
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