User questions to answer

[lauracowen]

Moving here to declutter the wiki page.

• User questions to answer:

  • I need to move this app. What are my options?
  • What is Liberty?
  • What are the costs of Liberty?
  • Do we own Liberty as a tWAS customer?
  • Can I run my apps on Liberty?
  • What's MoRE? EaseJ?

• Implied questions to answer too:

  • Which option is best for centralized management?
  • What option is best if I want a console?
  • How does my role change after we move to Liberty? (admins)

• User questions to answer:

  • How difficult will this migration be?
  • How to use Liberty?
  • If I want things to remain the same as much as possible to decrease app changes, what should I move to?
  • How different is Liberty/MoRE/EaseJ from WebSphere?**

• Implied questions to answer too:

  • Which option is best for centralized management?

• Questions to answer:

  • What skills do I need for the new solution? (eg cloud native)

• User questions to answer:

  • What should I know before I start?
  • What are the steps?
  • What help do you provide in those steps?
  • How long will the scan take?
  • I have an idea where to deploy but I wouldn't mind learning more to make sure I'm saving costs and resources
  • How is Liberty different that I have to make these changes?
  • Which issues should I address first, second, third?
  • What are the recommended steps to migrate?
  • (How do I get more help?)
  • After importing report into IDE, what can IBM fix and not fix?
  • Will you have an auto-recipe for X soon?
  • How much time will this take?
  • What issues aren't covered?
  • Where do I start with this complex app so I don't break it?
  • ((get passwords from admin))
  • What tools should developers use?
  • Where do I download Liberty? (downloaded the wrong one)
  • How can I track developer migration progress?
  • What do I do about transaction management?
  • (how to debug)
  • I'm stuck. What should I do? (cannot resolve issues from report)
  • Why didn't the report cover this issue?
  • What's up with the multiple XML files?
  • How to read the report (look at code in one window and report in another)

• Implied questions to answer too:

  • Who else should I give access to?
  • Can I share information?
  • Which tools do they need?
  • How much does the scan cover? Can I control it?
  • Are you showing all possible issues? Are there any missing? (in the visualisation)
  • what's the variability in time estimation and contributing factors?
  • Where are we getting our information from? What could be missing?
  • Which app should I start with?
  • What else should I do after the scan? (like, get workstation set up in IDE)
  • How should I handle dependencies?

• User questions to answer:

  • Where is this runtime available?
  • Will this deployment solution help us save costs?**
  • Do we want to manage the app ourselves?
  • What should our modernization strategy be?
  • What are my options if our resources and expertise are limited?
  • What options have Federal Certification?
  • What options are most secure?
  • What are my options for having maximum control over sensitive information?