Re: metrics for determining health of an AS/400's IT department(2)

Also, evidence of bad or non-existent standards. Naming conventions that
don't follow any rules (Screens, Programs, Libraries, User Ids etc). For
example, on a UK system, a library called 'Fred' or similar. Or on a French
system one called 'Bidon'. Are save files etc marked with date to delete,
and if so have they been?
Physical signs - are there written procedures? Is the computer room tidy or
hidden under piles of old listings? How are passwords organised? How many
people have *Secofr access? Is there any change control? etc etc.

cheers,

Clare

Clare Holtham
Director, Small Blue Ltd - Archiving for BPCS
Web: www.smallblue.co.uk
IBM Certified iSeries Systems Professional
Email: Clare.Holtham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "j s" <jrstone@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 4:18 AM
Subject: metrics for determining health of an AS/400's IT department


I would like to quickly and easily take the temperature of an IT department
using some simple measurements on an AS/400.

I am looking for quick methods of determining some simple things, such as
how organized (or messy) a system is.

For example, if the company uses Robot Scheduler, one measurement is how
many jobs are scheduled?

If the company uses a menuing system, how many menu options exist?

Could you please suggest a few additional mesurements that would indicate
the tidiness of an AS/400?

The measurements should be simple to determine their values, and should be
used in most AS/400 shops.

thanks!
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