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We recommend you use this approach:

1. Initially Perform a Rapid Navigation Modernization

In this example you would identify and define the four menus (or access points) A, B, C and D only, and snap them into RAMP as full screen destinations.

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At this stage answering the question "How long will it take to RAMP my application?" is easy: Allow 15 minutes per menu (or common access point).  So for this example, allow 4 x 15 minutes = 1 hour.

2. Now Perform Selective and Incremental Application Modernization

Now assess application areas A, B, C and D:

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The question cannot be answered until you decide what parts need to be fully modernized, how much work needs to be done, and in what order. 

Key Points

• Navigation modernization is very rapid.
• Application modernization takes longer, but adds significantly more value.
• You can deliver a modernized 5250 application incrementally. You don't have to do it all in one go.
• You are not forced to fully modernize all of a 5250 application just to use it in RAMP.
• Some parts of an application may never be fully modernized before they are replaced with new Visual LANSA components instead.   

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