refactoring in iSeries (RPG), is it realistic

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Implementing agile in projects requires the ability to do refactoring. It is not really a must, but code refactoring has proven to be a good engineering practice.

In an agile (Scrum) project on the iSeries platform, which requires development (new code and modifications to legacy code) in RPG, RPG LE, is it possible to implement refactoring? If so what are the techniques to do it?

If someone who has tried it could share their experience or just point to references, I would greatly appreciate it.

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