The initial modernization effort focused on changes required to migrate your application to Pega Cloud and ensuring that the initial release is stable, secure, and performant. After your application is live and running on Pega Cloud, shift your focus to increasing feature adoption, reducing technical debt, and driving innovation.

The Modernization Implementation Guide provides a list of modernization areas you may want to target for the evolve phase of your Pega solution. The evolve phase is a continuous process with a focus on driving business value with each release through change and new feature adoption.