🪷 Project LotusLift Modernization Enablement

Health Canada Hackathon — Legacy Applications to Modern Delivery

Project LotusLift is a collaborative initiative between Microsoft and Health Canada DTB developers to modernize four Lotus Notes applications using GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted delivery.

🎯 Objectives

1. Deliver proof-of-concept modern replacements for four Lotus Notes applications.
2. Demonstrate safe, practical use of AI-assisted engineering in a real HC scenario.
3. Build internal DTB capability through hands-on execution with reusable patterns.
4. Produce an operating model that can scale to future modernization efforts.

👥 Documentation by Audience

This repository intentionally separates documentation by audience:

Audience	Location	Purpose
Executive / Leadership	docs/	Published GitHub Pages site focused on business outcomes, operating model, phases, and security posture.
Developers / Delivery Teams	developer-docs/	Practical engineering playbooks, implementation guardrails, and Copilot workflows.

🌐 Executive Site (GitHub Pages Content)

The executive site lives in docs/ and currently includes:

• docs/index.html / docs/index-fr.html — Executive landing page
• docs/methodology.html / docs/methodology-fr.html — Operating methodology
• docs/phases.html / docs/phases-fr.html — Four execution phases and quality gates
• docs/security.html / docs/security-fr.html — Unified security policy

👩‍💻 Developer Guidance

Start with:

• developer-docs/methodology.md — Developer implementation playbook aligned to the four-phase model
• developer-docs/data-safeguards.md — Data, security, and commit-time guardrails
• developer-docs/copilot-tips.md — Prompting patterns and Copilot usage guide for this repo

🧠 Four-Phase Delivery Model (Shared Across All Docs)

Phase	Purpose	AI Role	Human Gate
1. Discover & Document	Capture legacy workflows, schemas, and constraints	Structure and summarize source context	Team validates baseline accuracy
2. Define Requirements	Translate discovery into implementation-ready requirements	Draft requirements and user stories	Team approves scope and priorities
3. Plan Conversion	Define target architecture and build sequence	Propose architecture and migration steps	Team approves design and rollout plan
4. Execute & Deliver	Build working modern increments	Generate/refine code, tests, and docs	Team owns review, quality, and readiness

⚠️ Security & Data Safeguards

No private, protected, or production data may be committed to this repository.

• Allowed: anonymized screenshots, schema metadata, and dummy/synthetic data.
• Not allowed: production exports, credentials, internal endpoints/IPs, or unredacted screens with personal data.
• AI output is assistive only; human review is mandatory before commit/merge.

See developer-docs/data-safeguards.md for full policy details.

📁 Repository Structure

├── App1/                    # First Lotus Notes application
│   ├── LotusApp/            # Legacy app capture (screenshots/schema/docs)
│   └── NewApp/              # Modern replacement implementation
├── App2/                    # Second application (same structure)
├── App3/                    # Third application (same structure)
├── App4/                    # Fourth application (same structure)
├── docs/                    # Executive project site (GitHub Pages, EN/FR)
│   ├── index*.html
│   ├── methodology*.html
│   ├── phases*.html
│   └── security*.html
└── developer-docs/          # Developer-facing markdown playbooks
    ├── methodology.md
    ├── data-safeguards.md
    └── copilot-tips.md

🚀 Getting Started

1. Choose an app folder (App1/ to App4/).
2. Capture anonymized source artifacts in LotusApp/.
3. Use the developer playbooks in developer-docs/ to run Phases 1–4.
4. Build and document the modern implementation in NewApp/.

📅 Hackathon Logistics

• Location: On-Site - 100 Queen St., Suite 500, Ottawa (remote participation available upon request)
• Team: 3–6 Health Canada developers + Microsoft support
• Day length: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (plus optional follow-up)
• Lunch: Provided