Re: shop size/change mngmnt

At 06:17 AM 11/29/2000, you wrote:
>how many pgmrs make a a small. medium or large shop.
>where i work has grown from 2 to 5 and may add one more prgmr.
>the question comes up every time we bring a new person in how about change
>mngmnt.
>the business is a med size furniture mfg.
>we have a large backlog of request for changes and new projects.
>we have jd edwards for inventory and a/p.
>the rest is home grown software some rpgII thru ile.
>we are run by and work for accountants/upper mngmnt
>is change mngmnt going to be just another stumbling block for the prgmr
>and something else to be managed on top of everything else.

Jeff:

First and foremost ... I work for a Change Control software vendor ... so 
my answers are a bit suspect <grin>

That said, I belive that any shop (even a shop of 1) would benefit from a 
good change control system.  Even if it's home grown.

I've worked in a number of shops that didn't use a change control system 
and we almost always lost track of what was going on in development, 
testing, and production.  The times that a program in development was moved 
into production at the wrong time are countless.

That has never happened while working at my current employer (who uses 
their own change control system to manage their development environments).

That's my $.02

david

p.s. Obligatory product plug: If you would like some information on the MKS 
Implementer product, please contact me at dgibbs@verticalsky.com and I'll 
be happy to have someone contact you.

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