Re: Change management software counterpoint

["Nelson Smith" <ncsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

TurnOver, I know, does it's object stamping (optionally) on the object
itself in some unused (by IBM) fields.  So the objects end up with both
OS400 properties as well as TurnOver properties that show on a WrkObj
command on each individual object.

You also have access to the data in their files, so you could copy out any
information you might need to keep to your own files, before removing their
CM system.  Through their many exit points, you could generate your own data
to your own files and build any kind of system you wanted around theirs.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jdyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 9:59 PM
Subject: Change management software counterpoint


> I haven't seen any contrary viewpoints, so here's one ...
>
> I have seen and heard of a few instances where companies have adopted
> change management and then decided it did not add value to their shop
> standard.
>
> However, discontinuing the product can come at a price: In at least one
> instance I know of, properties for objects managed by the CM product, such
> as the "source library" and "source file" attributes yielded by DSPPGM,
> were not helpful in the post-CM setting.
>
> It has been a while, so this narrative may not be spot on, but I recall
> that the events underlying promotion of an object from test to production
> involved copying the source from the repository into a temporary source
> file in QTEMP library followed by compilation. The object properties for
> the production object stated that the source file/library was something
> like QTEMP/Z100SRC, a non-permanent object. The only true record of what
> had taken place resided only in the CM product.
>
> Our customer found that discontinuing the CM product left them with no
> fallback position, and a suite of un-auditable production libraries.
> Obviously, this is not a desirable outcome.
>
> If I were shopping these products today, I would try and get a sense of
> how common it is for companies to retreat from CM, and measure the
> potential consequences.
>
>
> John G. Dyer, CDP
> Vice President
> Information Management Consultants, Inc.
> jdyer@xxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.imcedi.com
> 812.421.0045 ext. 203
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