RE: Need some ammunition (Procedures vs. Sub-routines)

What they really want to do is protect the company. Change is risk.
Let them know by having procedures it protects the company by less code that is more stable.
Also, younger developers understand the concept of procedures more than the old style and therefore
As new developers come into the business the code will be easier to maintain. Let them know for the long term, procedures are the way to go. Baby steps. If you get too wrapped up in the details of procedures and service programs they will get confused and want to stay with what they know "works".


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From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RPGLIST
Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 12:21 PM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i (AS/400 and iSeries)
Subject: RE: Need some ammunition (Procedures vs. Sub-routines)

I truly believe its a combination of themes, I suppose it might help here also to list out some of the objections people have had to them and then give a response to each objection. I was originally thinking of just giving them bullet points and why they are better, etc. However, in hindsight I'm thinking I need to add a list of objections and then overcome each one.

Sounds like "sub-procedure" has been interpreted as "I plan to inject
our system with this virus I found"
so try switching the focus to "re-usable code" that once thoroughly
tested returns your investment because it is a "known and understood
function".

Yea, I bet you've already beat that drum . . .




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Sent: Friday, December 27, 2013 9:00 AM
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Subject: Need some ammunition (Procedures vs. Sub-routines)

I won't go into the entire lengthy and boring conversation I just had
with upper management, but I was basically told that under no circumstances am
I to add procedures to certain applications. The justification is that
by doing so, we will be required to re-test the entire system,
payroll, dispatch, load balancing, AP, AR, etc.

I however was provided an opportunity to make my case, and I have a
list of reasons, but I need every bit of ammunition I can come up, so
any help from ya'll would be cool.

Dutch


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