Renew the Frontend
Rework an established interface where presentation, interaction or responsive behaviour needs to support different user requirements.
Build a web application that meets today’s needs and gives you room to evolve. WDI brings responsive interfaces, maintainable architecture, and connected services together to support new features and changing business priorities.
Rework an established interface where presentation, interaction or responsive behaviour needs to support different user requirements.
Examine how the web product’s components and dependencies are organised when the current structure limits continued development.
Introduce agreed functionality while accounting for the systems, information and processes that remain useful.
Improve how the product communicates with APIs and surrounding services where existing connections affect further change.
Move selected components or responsibilities towards a defined web architecture through an agreed migration sequence.
Establish a clearer technical and ownership model for subsequent product development.
Review the existing application, journeys, web architecture, integrations and constraints before defining what to retain or change.
WDI uses the current-state findings to scope the target product.
Best suited for: Teams needing a modernisation plan before implementation.
Redesign and redevelop interfaces where experience or frontend implementation needs renewal.
The work may include responsive behaviour, interaction patterns and connection with existing or revised APIs.
Best suited for: Web products where frontend change is the main requirement.
Define redevelopment for selected parts of the application while considering dependent workflows and systems.
The scope may be isolated or phased according to the target state.
Best suited for: Existing web products requiring focused technical changes.
Review and develop supporting services where web-product changes depend on backend or API improvements.
The work remains scoped to the web modernisation requirement.
Best suited for: Projects where frontend renewal needs supporting interface or service changes.
Assess current information flows, system ownership and integration dependencies before defining changes.
Continuity requirements should be considered in the implementation and testing plan.
Best suited for: Web products whose integrations constrain further development.
Define how the web product moves from its current state to the agreed target.
The plan considers sequence, dependencies, acceptance criteria and transition responsibilities.
Best suited for: Organisations requiring staged web-product renewal.
WDI begins with the application’s role and dependencies. A component’s age alone does not establish whether it should be replaced; the decision depends on its fit with the target requirements.
What the product still needs to support
Experience, architecture or integration issues limiting change
Journeys needing continuity
APIs, databases and services involved
Components to keep, improve, migrate or redevelop
What the renewed product must support
The sequence from current to target implementation
Required behaviour at each release stage
Responsibility during and after transition
Known future needs influencing present decisions
This gives modernisation a defined purpose beyond adopting newer technology.
The distinction between Modern Web Development and Application Modernization depends on where the main problem sits.
Modern Web Development focuses on the existing web product and its delivery. Application Modernization is the broader software route when enterprise business logic, backend systems, data and application-wide change are central.
The assessment distinguishes technical renewal from a request that is mainly a new feature or a visual redesign.
Why change is required now
Frontend, backend interfaces and service relationships
Journeys and interactions requiring renewal
Activities needing continuity
APIs, databases and external systems
Where the implementation limits change
Changes needing sequencing or coexistence
Phased work or a defined replacement
Support for current and renewed environments
Future requirements affecting the target state
It also provides a basis for deciding which supporting systems can remain and what changes need validation before transition.
Review the existing architecture, frontend and backend technologies, user journeys, integrations, technical debt and operational dependencies.
Review architecture, user journeys, integrations and operational dependencies.
Identify performance bottlenecks, maintainability issues, security concerns and scalability constraints, then prioritise improvements by business impact and risk.
Identify the constraints that matter most and separate them from lower-priority improvements.
Define the target architecture, modern frontend components, backend responsibilities, data flows and integration patterns needed to support future requirements.
Establish how the renewed experience, web components and integrations should operate.
Plan implementation phases, data migration, system coexistence, compatibility requirements, rollback options and acceptance criteria for the transition.
Sequence changes, coexistence requirements and acceptance criteria.
Modernise the agreed components, update application logic, improve code structure and connect existing services while preserving required functionality.
Implement the agreed work around the identified continuity requirements.
Validate critical workflows, data consistency, performance, security and integrations, then coordinate the transition against agreed release and rollback criteria.
Validate important workflows, information flows and integrations before moving users or operations.
Where continued support is included, monitor platform performance, address emerging technical constraints and introduce further improvements as product and business needs change.
Where continued support is included, address later requirements as the product roadmap develops.
A fraction of what we have shipped.
A useful target state supports continued product decisions after transition.
Modernisation does not need to include every possible future change. Known requirements should inform architecture while the implementation remains tied to an agreed scope.
Keeps dependencies visible
Gives renewal a defined direction
Sequences work around system relationships
Includes connected services throughout delivery
Defines required behaviour at each stage
Supports documentation and subsequent development
WDI’s broader capabilities include web and enterprise software, backends, APIs, integrations, UI/UX and architecture planning.
Look for a team that understands the existing product before recommending replacement.
The partner should explain which constraints justify change, which components remain useful and how the target experience affects supporting systems.
Discuss Your Web Modernisation ProjectThe scope may involve targeted redevelopment, frontend renewal, integration changes or phased migration. The decision depends on the existing product and the requirements it needs to support.
They may remain where interfaces, information and operational responsibilities continue to fit the target state. Those dependencies should be reviewed before defining the transition.
Phased delivery can be appropriate where application size, dependencies or continuity requirements affect a single transition. Each phase needs defined boundaries and acceptance criteria.
That may be practical where existing services and APIs support the target experience. A current-state review should establish compatibility and any supporting changes.
Modern Web Development focuses on web-specific frontend, architecture, delivery and migration requirements. Application Modernization addresses broader enterprise or custom-software renewal across business logic, backends, information and application-wide systems.
Modernisation begins with an existing web product that still has an operational role. A new application project begins with a new workflow or product proposition. The starting point and primary requirement determine the route.
The timeline depends on the current architecture, product size, integrations, transition requirements, testing and release strategy. Assessment and target-state definition provide the basis for an estimate.
Share the product you need to improve, its current constraints, connected systems and the target experience or architecture already under consideration.
WDI will review the application, workflows and dependencies to help define what to retain, what to change and how to transition. The next step may involve discovery, architecture assessment, experience redesign or phased implementation planning.
