Mary, CICS is generally one person. Oracle is generally one person as well. z/VM and Linux - one or two primary people, depending on the number of VMs and Linux instances. The z/OS sysprogs are capable of pulling double duty here, but that may be cutting it to close.
You do not mention performance and capacity, storage management or web services. Shift coverage, sick time, vacations, etc. are other considerations. With a variety of skill levels, the number should probably be between 15-20 people if you include the skills and issues that I mentioned. With highly experienced systems programmers in all of the above disciplines, 10-15. Less than 10 would affect your shop's ability to meet schedules *or* would probably lead to burnout. Just my opinion. You got what you paid for. YMMV :-) And I know there are folks out there supporting an environment like you described that are currently under the 10 people I alluded to. Those folks are masochistic workaholics with no life. <just kidding, I think....you know who you are!> LOL Bob --------------------------------------------------------- Robert B. Richards (Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L Washington, D.C. 20415 Phone: (202) 606-1195 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yukus, Mary J CIV USMEPCOM Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 12:25 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: z/OS system programmer staffing Can anyone point me in the direction of where to find a good (but minimum) estimate for staffing systems programmers (with various experience levels) to perform all functions of a systems programmer, including installations of OS and vendor software, applying maintenance, troubleshooting errors, maintaining RACF, JES2, TCP/IP,CICS, Oracle, WLM, etc. on two z/OS - z/OS.e, two system sysplexes (not parallel) production system and test system, along with a z/VM OS/IFL used for LINUX instances. Thanks in advance for any help on coming up with this staffing number. Mary Yukus ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
