Abstract: Information is extracted from a redevelopment database having relational information for software programs or files, and placed in files which are subsequently used with user provided parameters, entered through a user interface, by a partitioner. The partitioner uses a two stage process to grow a partition, beginning with the first stage which involves addition and deletion of programs and files from the partition based upon a score which represents the importance of the number of connections that a program or file has in the partition and the number of connections a program or file has in the partition in relation to the programs or files total number of connections. Once a partition with a minimum number of programs or files has been reached, stage two is executed. Stage 2 continues to grow the partition until a partition with a maximum number of programs or files has been reached.