Re: Named indicators (was DOW vs DOU)

John,

In a message dated 97-06-03 02:29:04 EDT, you write:

>  Dean,  These were rhetorical questions

Rhetorical, but with valid answers.

<<snip>>
(Dean)
>  >The problem with taking over my code?  Most of the staff knows only the
>  >AS/Set CASE tool (in which most of our applications are written).  Very
few
>  >out of the large development staff know CL, native RPG, or DDS -- let
alone
>  >imbedded SQL.  In this instance it's not the client's fault, they were
sold
>  >AS/Set (and a bill of goods) on the premise that you didn't need to know
>  >native code in order to use AS/Set.  The reality is quite different
>  
(John)
>  Thats the beauty of having a "perfect solution" to the Program backlog 
>  problem.   Ah yes the "Silver Bullet" cure.  From experience   
>   I would add to your list,  Relational Data Base Design,  Structured 
>  Programming Concepts, and OS/400 Work Management.   So many times I have
>  seen shops buy a great tool(CASE type generally) saying " Ya know, with
>  this tool we can get rid of our backlog,  Without having to learn all
>  that DB & Structured Design stuff". All we have to know is the "Tool".
>  In a lot of cases (sorry for the pun) this is how we got the phrase
>  "Shelf Ware"

Well, I've been using various CASE tools for close to five years.  My opinion
is that they'll help you write a BETTER program than you would have in the
first place in about the same amount of time.  If you want to clear up your
backlog, hire some people.

>  >>IOW, Who Owns The Code?
>  
>  >The client, the client, the client. (Dean Asmussen)
>  
>  The question I should have asked was "Who gets stuck with the maintenance
>  bill?"

The client, the client, the client :-)...

Regards!

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

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