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Legacy Modernization Pattern — Example: Strangle quote pricing

Pattern: Legacy Modernization
Component: examples/example.md
Version: 1.1 | Updated: 2026-07-16
Capability slice: Price customer quote


Modernization slice plan (artifact)

Boundary

  • In scope: Synchronous quote price for product family A via API
  • Out of scope: Billing invoices, UI redesign, product families B/C

Legacy map

Entry / job / table Behavior Owner SME
COBOL PRICEJOB nightly + online CICS Base + discount tiers M. Singh
Monolith PricingController Calls mainframe bridge Platform
Table LEGACY.DISCOUNTS Tier tables Finance eng

Seam

Type: Edge proxy on /api/quotes/price → new pricing-service, fallback to legacy bridge.

Parity suite

Case Legacy oracle New assertion Tolerance
Standard tier 2 PRICEJOB fixture #1044 equal money fields $0.00
Max discount cap fixture #1090 equal $0.00
Unknown SKU legacy 404 body same code exact

Traffic shift

Step % Duration Abort if
Shadow 0 (compare only) 7d mismatch > 0.1%
Canary 1% 3d 5xx > 0.5% or mismatch
Ramp 10% → 50% 4d each conversion −2pp
Full 100% 14d idle legacy any SEV

Sample parity result (shadow week)

Metric Value
Compared quotes 182_440
Mismatch rate 0.02% (investigated: leap-year promo — fixed)
After fix 0.00% over 48h

Retirement checklist

  • 100% traffic on new for 14d
  • Bridge flag removed for family A
  • PRICEJOB online path disabled for family A (scheduled)
  • Next slice: product family B
Business parity signer: L. Cho  Eng lead: R. Gomez  Date: 2026-07-12

This example is the artifact — not a pointer elsewhere.