The Challenge

A global FinTech solutions company, faced a significant challenge: efficiently tracking the progress of their core library migrations across their extensive landscape of hundreds of microservices. Like many engineering organizations undertaking long-running initiatives, the global FinTech solutions company found that keeping tabs on these migrations was becoming a cumbersome and time-consuming process. The previous method relied on manual spreadsheet updates, requiring engineering managers to individually report progress, which lacked real-time visibility and was prone to inaccuracies.
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Recognizing the potential for delays and the risk of downtimes associated with unfinished migrations, the global FinTech solutions company turned to Harness IDP Scorecards to gain control and clarity over their migration efforts.

Here's how Harness IDP helped

Visibility and Real-time Tracking: Harness IDP provided the global FinTech solutions company with a centralized view of their migration progress through its scorecard functionality. By querying the Dockerfile and the .Net package definitions from the individual source repositories of each component, IDP Scorecards automatically extracted the current version numbers and compared them against the expected target versions. This enabled the global FinTech solutions company to have the answer to the critical question, "Where are we with the migration of .Net Core version from X to Y?" readily available at their fingertips.

Empowering Platform Engineers: The implementation of IDP Scorecards significantly eased the burden on the global FinTech solutions company’s platform engineers. They no longer had to rely on manual updates and could gain immediate visibility of their entire software ecosystem concerning the migration status. The scorecards provided a clear overview of which components were on track, lagging behind, or had not yet started the migration, as illustrated by the tracking of the "Global FinTech Solutions Company Platform.NetCore version 17*".

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Proactive Mitigation of Risks: By having real-time data on the migration progress, the global FinTech solutions company could proactively identify and address potential roadblocks. The visibility offered by IDP Scorecards helped them avoid the pitfalls of unfinished migrations that often result in downtimes when deadlines are crossed, a challenge Harness itself had experienced.

Reduced Toil and Improved Efficiency: The shift from a manual, spreadsheet-driven process to automated tracking with IDP Scorecards significantly reduced the toil associated with managing long-running migration initiatives. This freed up valuable time for engineering teams to focus on other critical tasks, improving overall efficiency.

The Results

Ultimately, Harness IDP Scorecards provided the global FinTech solutions company with the crucial visibility and automation needed to track core library migrations across hundreds of microservices effectively. This eliminated the inefficiencies of manual processes, empowered platform engineers with real-time insights, and helped mitigate the risks associated with incomplete migrations, ultimately leading to a more streamlined and reliable software ecosystem.

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