What is RAMP?
RAMP is a staged process for the rapid modernization of IBM i (or) i5 based 5250 applications. It is an extension to the Visual LANSA Framework.
RAMP Stage 1 involves prototyping what your modernized application will look like when it is finished.
RAMP Stage 2 involves re-animating the existing 5250 application in the Framework and incrementally modernizing it.
RAMP Stage 3, which is optional, may involve you in re-engineering your application so as to remove any specific IBM i platform dependency that it has.
To understand what the end result will be, have a look at A Modernized Application.
The RAMP process has been designed to support rapid and incremental deliveries of your modernized applications. It is not an approach where you have to work for years until the result comes out in one big bang. If you have been involved in big bang projects before you will know of the pitfalls that this entails. This RAMP approach allows you to modernize at your own pace, thus allowing you to manage risk in a sensible manner. See Key Benefits.