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.
Sr Consultant Project Manager with 10,001+ employees
Consultant
2022-01-04T19:36:00Z
Jan 4, 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.
Works at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2019-07-10T16:31:00Z
Jul 10, 2019
The visual ability to see potential downstream impacts to changes being made assists our developers in understanding the impact associated with their change.
Mainframe Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
2018-12-18T07:20:00Z
Dec 18, 2018
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.
A modern, end-to-end Agile source code management, release automation and deployment automation tool that enables mainframe application developers at all skill levels to fulfill business requirements, optimize code quality, and improve developer productivity through mainframe DevOps. With ISPW, developers can:
Easily perform concurrent development to support Agile Development practices
Leverage Jenkins plugins to manage code throughout the lifecycle
Use REST APIs to automatically connect...
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.
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.
The visual ability to see potential downstream impacts to changes being made assists our developers in understanding the impact associated with their change.
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.