Robin R. Macfarlane CEO, RRMac Associates 2015 RRMac Associates, LLC

 Company founded in  Expertise in SCM implementations, conversions, and customizations.  Experts in  IBM’s CLM Suite (RTC, RDZ, RAA, RD&T)  IBM’s Migration Utility (Convert Easytreve to COBOL)  Serena’s ChangeMan/ZMF, Dimensions, Business Manager, SSM, Comparex, PVCS  CA-Endevor, CA-Harvest  ISPW  Subversion  EzSource  Implemented or converted 150+ SCM solutions. ©2015 RRMac Associates, LLC

 Driving factors  No standardization between development groups.  Most SCM methodologies were implemented in the late 80’s, 90’s.  Lots of manual intervention and interfaces.  Audit trail is not consistent.  Increased cost for maintenance and process.  Relationship with vendor.  Current implementations require multiple tools to manage artifacts.  Collaboration is clumsy and difficult to manage.  Expertise is retiring. ©2015 RRMac Associates, LLC

 Applications are integrated across multiple platforms.  Development teams need integrated tools for collaborative development.  Coordinated deploy is now critical.  Need to attract new talent.  Modern tools with robust IDEs are key.  Interactive debugger  Language syntax checker  Developers working on both mainframe and distributed  Re-engineering current solution more costly than a total replacement of tools. ©2015 RRMac Associates, LLC

 “If it ain’t broke, Don’t fix it”  We’ve been doing it this way for years.  People are reluctant to change. Our developers will hate it.  It will cost too much to convert.  Limited time/staff.  Homegrown complexity cannot be supported in a new SCM tool. Too many processes will need to change.  SCM software bundled with complex maintenance financial offerings. ©2015 RRMac Associates, LLC

 Phased Approach  Pilot Migration using a small, medium and large application. Mixed complexity.  Best results are if you choose groups that are champions of change.  Implement process improvement and automation when possible.  Eliminate obsolete process and technologies.  Rip and Replace  Need to “beat the clock” on maintenance renewal on current products.  Current software doesn’t support new technologies on horizon.  Analysis and configuration done up front and then conversion of files done over a weekend or within a short timespan. ©2015 RRMac Associates, LLC

 Analyze the current process.  Critical functions vs. obsolete?  Day in the life?  What groups are involved?  Frequency of changes?  SCM Analysis  What functions does your current SCM provide?  Existing customizations? How are compiles done?  Compile options?  Versions?  Binds, Newcopy?  Promotes and Deploys?  Proprietary formats and vended code? ©2015 RRMac Associates, LLC

 Application Analysis  What is an application in your environment?  Identify all the artifacts/components/elements/files.  Are there shared files? Shared libraries? Who owns the code?  Do you have all the source? Do you have all the loads?  Vendor package. Do you modify any of the code?  What gets migrated  Files (Source, Copybooks, JCL, PROCs, Control Cards, Link Control, Documentation, Bind Cards, Forms, etc.)  Compile options  Level zero, archive the older versions ©2015 RRMac Associates, LLC

 Executive sponsor to help drive the message.  Helps keep the project moving.  Process improvement should be a key deliverable.  Solicit input from your users. Their support is key to success.  The Users of the tools and processes have a perspective that you can miss as Administrators of the tools and processes.  Understand the new SCM’s architecture.  It is different than what your mainframe developers use today.  Promote the modern interface and development strengths.  Success stories help ease the concerns.  Keep it simple. You can add functions later.  Avoid GIGO. Now is the time to clean up, time permitting. ©2015 RRMac Associates, LLC

 Speed up the conversion time and reduce  Reduce the cost of the conversion.  Process large volumes of data in seconds.  Reduce configuration “administrivia”  Reduce the impact on your staff.  Take the guesswork out of organizing your application files.  Help with compiler upgrades. Several customers going to the new compiler as part of the migration.  Migrate files, options, history, versions, etc.  Generate new SCM Import data  Proven technology, automated and repeatable routines. ©2015 RRMac Associates, LLC