Gartner® Research: Journey Guide to AI-Based Application Modernization 

Application modernization is essential to sustaining competitive advantage, but deciding where to start and how to deliver value can be challenging. As AI becomes an increasingly important part of modernization, organizations need a clear strategy for putting it to work.

This Gartner research provides guidance to help software engineering leaders:

• Define application modernization scope
• Articulate modernization value
• Drive effective execution
• Apply AI to accelerate modernization

“By 2029, organizations will use AI-augmented tools in 90% of software modernization projects, up from less than 20% in 2026.”

– Gartner, Journey Guide to AI-Based Application Modernization, Mukul Saha, Aaron Harrison, Howard Dodd, Prasanna Lakshmi Narasimha, Tigran Egiazarov, 4 March 2026

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