An EHS advisory provider needed to move a desktop planning tool to the web so groups across an organization could define scope, assess current practices, set goals, evaluate gaps, and turn strategy into action plans.
EHSSustainabilityWeb ModernizationJava
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Industry
EHS
Delivery
Dedicated team
Focus
Business outcomes
The situation
A useful desktop assessment tool could not support the broader collaboration required for sustainability planning.
The existing MS Access application helped structure environmental, health, safety, and sustainable-business thinking, but it remained tied to a traditional desktop model.
The client wanted a web application that could guide multiple groups through the same strategic process while controlling access and preserving the business logic of the established tool.
Recognise this situation?
Preserve domain knowledge while changing the application model and the way teams participate.
Desktop logic discovery
Existing functions and business processes had to be understood before they could be represented accurately on the web.
Guided strategy workflow
Users needed a coherent path from selecting scope to assessment, goals, gap analysis, business value, and action planning.
Shared access with control
Different groups needed web access without removing the permissions required for responsible planning.
The project approach
A layered Java web application turned the desktop assessment into a guided, permission-controlled planning process.
The team studied the existing application, documented use cases, built a prototype, and implemented the web experience through distinct presentation, business, and persistence layers.
Translate the desktop processes into use cases that connect scope, assessment, goals, gaps, value, and action.
How the work unfolded
Begin with the established business process, then modernize the architecture around it.
Discovery focused first on how the existing desktop application worked and why its users relied on each part of the process.
Use cases and a prototype created a shared model of the new web experience before full implementation.
The layered architecture separated interface, business, transaction, persistence, and access-control concerns so the product could remain maintainable.
