Modernization Is a Journey, Not a Single Event — And That's the Hardest Part

Every modernization conversation I've been in eventually hits the same wall: the business wants speed, the architecture team wants stability, and nobody wants to touch the systems that actually make money. IBM just published a playbook that addresses this tension head-on — and it's worth a read if you're sitting in that middle seat. The core idea "Modernization is a journey, not a single event." Simple line, but it reframes the whole conversation. Most modernization failures I've seen come from