Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch -- MIDRANGE-L

I agree with your list, Trevor. In fact, I set-up the same disciplineon a System/3 back in the 70's (except for #5 - didn't have PC's backthen, just punch cards).

And, knowing how you defer when it comes to inferring, my point is thatdiscipline is the key. Sometimes we have tools that help us enforce ourown standards, such as an automated change management system (such asMKS); other times, such as my case, we have to "enforce" the changethrough discipline.

By the way, you are also correct that "I could care less" isgrammatically incorrect in its intended meaning, but it is, as youguessed, a colloquialism. I dated a lady some years ago that majored inSpanish - Catalonian Spanish. Every time we'd go to Juarez, she'd walkaway from some conversation shaking her head saying something like, "Iknow what they said, but I have no idea what they meant!"


        * Jerry C. Adams
*IBM System i5/iSeries Programmer/Analyst
B&W Wholesale Distributors, Inc.* *
voice
        615.995.7024
fax
        615.995.1201
email
        jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>



Trevor Perry wrote:

Aaron,
I have already mentioned some of them. Here is a longer list off the top ofmy head:
1. Coding standards - documented. And followed.
2. Change management - enforced.
3. Coding documentation - enforced.
4. Program design (before coding, after application design)
5. Right tool for the right job - starting with a correctly sized developerPC
6. Program review/s.
7. Modularization.

Trevor
----- Original Message -----From: "albartell" <albartell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:28 PM
Subject: RE: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch
I also strongly believe that a disciplined approach to IT will ~always~be
faster in the long run...

So what would some of the disciplines you are talking about be?

Aaron Bartell