Re: Change Management Systems

Simon,

In a message dated 6/10/00 7:46:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
shc@flybynight.com.au writes:

> I guess by ADTS you really mean ADM (Application Development Manager).  
What 
> specific things do you find it missing?  I use it to manage my product 
development 
> and find that, although a little awkward to set up, it does a fine job -- 
especially 
> if NLS is a concern.  It does need a good planning session before starting 
to define 
> the hierarchy.  I'd be interested to know what you consider it leaves out.

Yes, I carried forward the incorrect ADTS reference from a previous post 
rather than changing it to your (correct) ADM.  You pretty much covered my 
problems with ADM.  Setup is vague, and I don't think that the user interface 
is as intuitive as it could be -- of course, depending upon your taste and 
experience, those could be said of most of the other packages as well!

What I meant to convey was that CMS choice is a highly subjective matter.  
Having seen some of the later postings, I would add that those that don't 
_LIKE_ to use a CMS have either A)  used one that was not properly installed 
or B)  are _ARROGANT_ SOB's that don't think they could ever make a mistake 
and want QGOD authority for whatever they do or C)  have absolutely no 
concept of how AS/400 security does and should work.  To state that TurnOver 
doesn't properly handle security or is inflexible in it is misinformed at 
best, and asinine at worst.  I can't _count_ the number of times that a CMS 
has saved me or another member of the team from a _DISASTROUS_ event because 
some user said they tested the program and we ended up backing out the change 
because they tested the new features and not that the program still performed 
the _OLD_ ones correctly.

Implement a CMS -- it's probably the only thing between you and a new job...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." -- John Wooden
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