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Team Independence
Reduced Complexity
Team Happiness
Challenges Addressed: Fetching code from mainframe SCM for scanning and dealing with dependencies
Detailed Benefits: Ensure application security early, prior to testing or production (shift-left)
Key Enabling Tools*: Zowe CLI or Bridge for Git
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Inconsistent process and lack of contextual review (e.g. comments against specific code blocks)
Detailed Benefits: Continuous improvement through a formalized review w/ transparency and an audit trail
Key Enabling Tools*: Bridge for Git
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Lack of contemporary tooling and libraries for the next-generation of developers
Detailed Benefits: High productivity, rapid onboarding, increased collaboration and happy teams
Key Enabling Tools*: Code4z, Endevor Eclipse plugin
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Lack of direct link to Agile management
Detailed Benefits: Reduced MTTR, Agile tool-enabled change visibility & audit trail with historical context for changes
Key Enabling Tools*: Bridge for Git
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Tracking of changes by CLI (not user!) with Merge/Conflict resolution and integration of changes by other users
Detailed Benefits: Modern merge - developer does not need to track their changes or others' changes - CLI does it for them when using any IDE w/ terminal
Key Enabling Tools*: Zowe CLI
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Building outside the full Endevor infrastructure
Detailed Benefits: Empower devs to code and test off-host using modern scripting, etc. without disrupting the traditional process
Key Enabling Tools*: Team Build, Bridge for Git, Zowe CLI
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Dependence on adminstrators / heavy lifting, cost of excess use of mainframe space / cycles, need to change processors
Detailed Benefits: Developer isolation supports contemporary Agile development, independent of interface (e.g. ISPF, Git, Zowe, Eclipse, VS Code, etc.)
Key Enabling Tools*: Endevor Processors, Dynamic Environments, Deferred File Creation
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Dealing with monolithic apps and directory builds with traditional tooling or, alternatively, porting applications to Git
Detailed Benefits: Recruit, onboard and retain the next generation by enabling them to use Git with a risk-managed option
Key Enabling Tools*: Bridge for Git, Zowe CLI
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Risk of human error and manual access; lack of audit trail
Detailed Benefits: Repeatable, dependable deployments at scale and speed with governance / compliance
Key Enabling Tools*: Zowe CLI
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Duplication of approvals in multiple systems; stakeholders needing access to mainframe; lack of audit trail
Detailed Benefits: Increased software delivery velocity through process automation
Key Enabling Tools*: Zowe CLI
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Manual creation of packaging code for promotion
Detailed Benefits: Increased software delivery velocity through process automation
Key Enabling Tools*: Zowe CLI
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Visibility / traceability between CRs and code
Detailed Benefits: Governance, compliance and elimination of delays due to duplication of data entry
Key Enabling Tools*: Zowe CLI
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Lack of universal SCM paradigm for all developers
Detailed Benefits: Standardization across the org; access to modern script libraries; distributed development; control over builds
Key Enabling Tools*: Team Build, Zowe CLI
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Lack of developer-friendly option leads to inadequate or missing unit tests
Detailed Benefits: Shift-left quality and velocity through modern test automation practices
Key Enabling Tools*: Test4z
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z
Challenges Addressed: Manual testing and test neglect; lack of common testing frameworks across platforms
Detailed Benefits: Shift-left quality and velocity through common test automation frameworks
Key Enabling Tools*: Test4z, Zowe CLI
*Enabling tools are included in the DevOps Suite, including Brightside support for Zowe CLI, Code4z and Test4z