Bogdan will present a strategy for modernization classic VCL projects, which have reached a size that is difficult to maintain, simultaneously development team is overloaded with current tasks. Such scenario is common and prevent improvements and major changes. Author’s plan arose during Bogdan’s consultations with the Polish teams. It consists of 4 main phases allowing to incrementally modernize the architecture of the classical VCL project and approach of the team. In long term, it will allow to improve developers satisfaction, increase delivery efficiency and reduce the number of errors.