I have seen a drop in the quality control for z/OS and especially for sub-products but, as they say, YMMV. Jon
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 12:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: IBM Doing Some Restructuring? On 2/13/2012 5:00 AM, Veilleux, Jon L wrote: > I think that this paragraph is interesting: > > "We were previously using configuration management version control, which > required a lengthy code check-in process," said Clark Dudek, software > developer, IBM Systems and Technology Group. "Rational Team Concert has > encouraged greater code collaboration and better work item tracking within my > team." > > I guess IBM doesn't think they need version control anymore. Might that be > why we are seeing more problems lately? IBM has been using Agile development for the past couple/few z/OS releases. I am not aware that this development model has been blamed for any recent increase in defects or if such an increase even exists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development I took the reference in the article to be simply a sales "plug" for IBM's Rational Concert--their particular for-sale software life-cycle management tool which supports Agile development. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 310-338-0400 x318 edja...@phoenixsoftware.com http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
