Re: Fed up with green screen plodders -- WDSCI-L

You'd be more productive with a memory upgrade...I'd suggest that to
whomever asked for ideas for productivity improvements.

But, more importantly, is how do we measure our productivity gain as a
result of using WDSc? The outline view, the immediate syntax
check, drilling into help from the opcode, those features are worth their
weight in gold and I think increases my productivity.. but I can't quantify
my productivity increase. I still estimate the pdm way: my best guess times
two, so my boss still thinks it's the same old same old. And by the time
it gets to user acceptance test all gains are lost (at our shop) anyway
because of our process .. not because of wdsc.

When I deliver more quickly I just use the time saved to learn more wdsc,
iseries navigator, sql, ri constraints, xml etc. So I benefit a lot because
I'm not as bored but my organization may not see the benefits in terms of
'increased productivity'. IF anyone can figure out how to sell this based
on measured productivity gains then please share that because we can sell
that to upper management, otherwise I think upper management just thinks
it's all just fluff. I know mine does. As far as your co workers using
pdm...you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink.
Sometimes I think if IBM believes in WDSc so much, why don't the retire PDM
with the next OS release and we'd be done with the debate.

On 10/11/07, David Foxwell <david.foxwell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi

As the only person in the team using WDSc ( V5 ! ), I was recently
summoned to transfer all I knew to everyone else.

After a couple of months ar one 2 hour session a week, I thought everyone
would move from PDM to WDSc. I was thinking, Great then we'll get V7, cos
being alone I had no chance.

Months later :
They're all still in front of their green screens!
I've got V6.0 but not enough memory to use it. The others have V6.2 and
the memory!
So I'm still on V5. Can't open a DDS member. Debugging, no point. Code 400
and Code designor don't work. But as for the rest, I would never go back to
PDM.

Just got a memo asking for ideas on how to be more productive and
efficient ! Felt like screaming.
Now, what do you think? Would I be right in saying that we should be a
obliged to use WDSc ? Given that we have invested the time to install it and
are trained to use it?

I can't imagine any production line continuing to use outdated machinery
while the latest model lies idle gathering dust in some corner of the
factory floor. Or is that too simple an analogy?
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