The Two Different Approaches We Take to Upgrade an Application

Since 2017 we have been focusing on upgrading Ruby on Rails applications. It’s been quite a fulfilling learning process as we continuously improve our workflow best practices, and internal tooling.In this article I will go into detail to explain how we determine the best approach to create the roadmap for a successful upgrade project.Two PathsDepending on the size of the application, our client, their workflow, their architecture, their practices, and the number of dependencies, we usually take one of two approaches with our client engagements:The RoadmapThe Initial Engagement.