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BMC Compuware ISPW pros and cons

Vendor: BMC
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BMC Compuware ISPW Pros review quotes

BM
Jan 20, 2022
One of the features that the developers like is that they can retrieve what they need with the tool. They don't have to go through some process or request something be done by another team. They can get the programs they need, compile them, retrieve the JCL and alter the JCL if they need to, and put these programs wherever they need to go for their testing.
Mainframfb71 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 20, 2021
It does our CICS NEWCOPYs and our Db2 binds for us, whereas before, that was a manual process. It takes a lot of the workload off of the operations folks and off the DBAs.
reviewer1247103 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 11, 2023
I think the most valuable features are code management, code deployment, and code generation. The fact that those three features are included makes BMC Compuware ISPW a robust product. If one of those features was missing, it would be less robust and less interesting. But because it has those three features, it is a very good solution for code development and management.
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reviewer1142301 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 17, 2019
The visual ability to see potential downstream impacts to changes being made assists our developers in understanding the impact associated with their change.
 

BMC Compuware ISPW Cons review quotes

BM
Jan 20, 2022
When you're setting up the parameters for how ISPW will work in your shop, there are a lot of questions that have to be answered... BMC Compuware should have more in-depth explanations about what the choices in each question mean. If you pick A, what does that mean has to happen? What does that impact? If you pick B, what does that mean? What does that impact?
Mainframfb71 - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 20, 2021
One thing I would really like to see some improvement on is the promotion diagnostic messages. It invokes utilities "under the covers" to copy components, and it does not echo back any of the error messages from those utilities.
reviewer1247103 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 11, 2023
The solution could be improved by being better integrated with the open world. In the next release, I would like to have the ability to work in an open environment whilst remaining integrated with the legacy environment.
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reviewer1142301 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 17, 2019
Better discussions to identify inventory prior to the start of any migration would be helpful for potential clients that have applications with code that is not modified often.