Re: Change Management Tools

[Scott Johnson <sjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Look at what you need now and what you will need in the future.  If
you are getting into RPG IV, there is no real difference for supporting the
CMS of that than RPG III.  It is when you get into ILE stuff that the need for
a good CMS comes into play.  That was probobly the main reason why we sought
out a 3rd party CMS to begin with.  We already had an inhouse CMS written
for handling the simple program concept.  But when we started investigating
ILE, we discovered that there was a lot of tracking involved and out
current inhouse CMS would not handle it.  We also figured out that it
would be 'cheaper' to go 3rd party instead of trying to fix our inhouse
solution.  I guess to make a long story short, make sure that the software
can handle your stuff today and also has the features to hadle what 
ever you are going to throw at it in the future.

We use Softlanding's Turnover and think it is great.  They are always 
looking for ways to improve it.  They are usually really good about 
getting features into the software that you need that may not be there
yet.  Support is great.  They are very timely in solving problems that
you may have.  Support for the IFS.  Handles all the ins and outs of
ILE(modules, service programs, and what not...).  Very tailorable to
YOUR environment and the way you do things.  Just an all around good
product with a lot of features.  www.softlanding.com

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Scott P. Johnson
Microcomputer Development Specialist
IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG Programmer
Highsmith Inc.
W5527 Hwy 106, PO BOX 800
Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0800
TEL:  920-563-9571                FAX:  920-563-7395
sjohnson@highsmith.com
www.highsmith.com
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David Fulton wrote:
> 
> Can anybody provide any constructive information regarding AS400 Change
> Management tools?
> 
>  We have reviewed Aldon CMS and Thenon, and so far favour Thenon for its
> intuitive design. At the moment we are creating RPG/400 only, but are
> planning a move to RPG/4. Is there a reason why we should favour any
> particular application?
> 
> Are there any other products that stand head and shoulders above (eg
> Implementor, Turnover, etc) ?
> 
> Regards,
> Dave Fulton
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