TURNOVER Reference Docs for IBM i Programmers Earlier, I was explaining how to use TURNOVER Change Management to some RPG Developers who have spent years using Turnover but who had never used the Programmer Worklist Function. I was mildly surprised at the manual technique that was being used to check out each object, adding to

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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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The process for developing software is really simple, it just needs to be burned into your brain. If you are just starting a career in programming you will hear the acronym “SDLC” thrown around. So here is a quick little primer. The SDLC is also known as Classic Life Cycle Model (or) Linear Sequential Model

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another snippet from an old document I found in a dim dark and hazy corner of an even older HDD… The SDLC System Development Life Cycle… rather than let it disintegrate, here it is migrating to the web just in the (extreme) off chance that it may be useful to someone out there. Hey.. if

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