Programming Research Group  -  University of Amsterdam  -  TR P9810


	    Restructuring of COBOL/CICS Legacy Systems

			  Alex  Sellink
			   Harry Sneed
			  Chris Verhoef


We  provide  a  strategy  to  restructure   transaction  processing
systems.  Such  systems  are core  assets of most  modern  business
operations, so their  enhancement  is crucial.  Before  large-scale
renovation of transaction  processing  systems can take place, they
need to be restructured.  We argue that teleprocessing  systems are
unstructured  by  their  nature.  In this  paper  we  approach  the
problems  from a technical  viewpoint  and we report on the methods
and tools that are  necessary  to bring  structure  in  transaction
systems.