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-# Defining Mainframe Modernization
+# Defining Modernization
+•	Modernization is about achieving continuous evolution of the business (products, services, process) in line with the company mission and customer needs
+•	Modernization is enabled by technology changes (apps, data, platforms, infrastructure, Dev & Ops tooling) and organizational changes (structure, culture, ways of working, alignment of priorities)
+•	Because of the way business, technology and organization are interconnected, modernization does need to holistically look at these all perspectives to truly achieve its goals and deliver business value
 
-Businesses are digitally transforming to better serve their customers,
-reduce time to market, and increase their ability to respond quickly to
-market changes, consumer behavior, and new regulations. As businesses
-transform, they are imposing significant demands on existing mainframe
-applications and data, driving the need for modernization to better
-achieve business outcomes.
 
-It's often not a question of if you need to modernize mainframe
-applications, only a question of how. The OMP Working Group embraces a
-hybrid cloud approach to mainframe modernization with the goal of
-helping business improve business agility, optimize costs, achieve
-non-functional requirements, while leveraging existing investments. We
-will provide a framework for modernization that spans applications,
-data, operations, interoperability, and security. We encourage looking
-at the business needs first, then take an ROI driven approach to help
-assess costs, business risks, and tradeoffs. There is rarely a "one-size
-fits all" approach to anything in the IT industry. By providing a
-framework we intend to feature the range of options available to help
-you to achieve your mainframe modernization objectives.
+•	Mainframes typically support business critical operations and due to its historical criticality and longevity, not always have been through holistic or consistent approaches to modernization 
+•	The above sometimes leads to an incorrect view that the only option for modernizing areas that depend on mainframe is the replacement of the platform 
+•	The OMP Working Group aims to provide a clear articulation of options, principles and patterns for modernization in the mainframe context, delivering a framework that guides the modernization of technology components and organizational practices
+•	The framework considers business needs, business value & ROI, execution risks & trade-offs, technology options & organizational impact
+•	The framework is not tied to specific mainframe technologies, vendors, tools, or target states and rather focus on the approach, execution process and required capabilities
+•	Because organizational context matters and "one-size fits all" approaches don’t exist, thus the framework, parameters and considerations should always be adjusted to a company reality