IBM i, Programming, Software Change Management, Turnover

Softlanding Turnover – Change Management Roles and Responsibilities

Software Change Management Roles and Responsibilities If you are designing the best setup for your Software Change Management system (specifically TURNOVER V100 for iSeries) these notes might help. We have four main user groups: Software Solution Analysts Change Administrators Development Team QA/UAT Team System Authorities We need to clean the IBM I authorities so they …

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iSeries, AS400, IBM i, Programming, Software Change Management, Turnover

Softlanding iSeries Turnover Consultant – will change-manage for food

IBM i (iSeries/as400) Turnover Consultant – will change-manage for food “will change-manage for food” – is that a verb? Me. Considering my next exciting freelance project In this crazy world of IT acronyms and Dilbert cubicle terminology the art of Software Change Management and Program Deployment is one of the few terms that means exactly …

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IBM i, Programming, Software Change Management, Turnover

Turnover V100 Documentation for IBM i, iSeries and older AS400 machines

Turnover manages both new development and modifications very smoothly. Once you have your brain around the core concepts of how software change management works, and also have a grasp of checking out code, promoting changes to higher levels and distributing to remote system then Turnover is intuitive and straight forward. However, if you are still …

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Programming, AS400, Authority, IBM i, iSeries

Display Object Authority on IBM i , iSeries and old AS400

Talking about an OBJECT in the IBMi world conjures up images of all kinds of wonderful screens defining object parameters: AS400 iSERIES and IBM i Object Authority Question: If a library has security for a user of *USE will this user be able to update files in the library and If files were created with …

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IBM i, AS400, iSeries, Software Change Management, Turnover

What is the best change management tool for IBM i?

IBM i and Software Change Management Tools Today’s SCM (Software Change Management) systems are as focused on productivity gains for the programmer as they are on “controlling” or managing the source and objects. Anything that can be done to make programmers more effective and more efficient in their development process is a very worthy investment. …

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