Product managers struggle to modernize decades-old legacy systems with aging, single-skill teams
Product managers tasked with modernizing legacy enterprise software (e.g., COBOL, PowerBuilder stacks) face declining customer bases, leadership visions detached from technical reality, and development teams lacking modern skills. This creates a structural mismatch between business modernization goals and the team's technical capacity to deliver them.
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