Ted MacNEIL pisze:
In such environment there is no need to install yet another software to count
the software.
Boy! Are you optimistic.
It's enough just to ask people responsible for the
softwaren - they should know what installed.
Not always!
I've been at many shops where IBM has come in to audit what software has been
installed.
This is simply because people have lost track.
If they don't know - that
indicate the organization of the team needs improvement.
Or, the team has changed composition.
Or, something has not been upgraded for a long time.
Or, the person who did the install has quit, been fired, retired, died, or
otherwise moved on.
In either case there are DOCUMENTS. The documents are not retired,
fired, died.
We're not talikng about group of PFCSK and bunch of PCs for gaming,
we're talking about professional team. Mainframe specialists!
How many times have you seen posts by people who have incomplete doc, because
they've inherited something, that they know nothing about it.
Honestly rarely. However product existence is not the same thing as i.e.
configuration details.
Also, after out-sourcing, there is the potential for things to fall through the
cracks.
Your posted response assumes a perfect world.
It isn't!
Not perfect, but reasonably organized. Software portfolio is neither
black magic, nor rocket science. It is simple list. The list is
"naturally audited" during every system upgrade.
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