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ISPW Natural Demo Mar 2011 Created by the kindness of CN Rail using the their Test ISPW system Through the efforts of Paul Vaenas CN - IT - Release Management
ISPW Natural Demo Mar 2011 Created by the kindness of CN Rail using the their Test ISPW system Through the efforts of Paul Vaenas CN - IT - Release Management
ISPW Natural Demo Mar 2011 Created by the kindness of CN Rail
using the their Test ISPW system Through the efforts of Paul Vaenas
CN - IT - Release Management
Slide 2
Introduction The following 5 minute video shows typical
processes including: Adding an ISPW task to complete a change to an
existing Natural program from Check out, thru Edit, Compile, Bind,
Promote to Prod level and deploy to production runtime systems in
less than 3 minutes. Fall back, returns to the prior version of the
application, takes about 38 seconds Regress, puts the module back
into a checkout library for correction, is a user option after a
fall back This has been excerpted from a longer video (available on
request) that shows many different processes and verification steps
against real Natural Libraries, invoking standard Natural tools,
necessary to convince even the most sceptical.
Slide 3
CN is one of the largest railroads in North America Employs
22,696 people in Canada / USA Approximately 20,421 miles of track
(Canada, US) Earned CDN $7.9 billion in revenue in 2007 Trades on
New York and Toronto exchanges Among lowest Class 1 rail road
operating ratios Operate the largest rail network in Canada Only
transcontinental network in North America Introduction to CN
Rail
Slide 4
Computing Environment 2 physical mainframe computers 81 UNIX
Servers (inc 6 power servers) 500 Windows Servers 12,000 desk tops
in Canada and USA 28,387 Natural Modules 200 programmers About the
Speaker (Paul Vaenas) I started working at CN in 2001 I was
involved with the transition from manual processing to ISPW I have
seen first hand the positive impact of ISPW on development
processes
Slide 5
Natural Demo Video shows actual ISPW / Natural development
steps Add ISPW work list task Checkout existing program Make
program changes Compile program Generate JCL & run jobs Execute
DB2 Bind Promote thru change cycle Deploy to runtime systems Takes
under 3 minutes 3270 Interface shown, Eclipse GUI also
available!
Slide 6
Natural Demo Video shows Fall Back to prior version Execute FB
command Verify prior release active In 38 seconds could include
mainframe & distributed components
Slide 7
Natural Demo Video shows regressing source Select option X to
put failed program / application back in development level
Instantaneous
Slide 8
The Customers Words CN has been operating with ISPW as its
primary mainframe Deployment, Promotion and Source Control tool
since 2001 ISPW continues to provide CN with Genuine IT support
keeping customer interests at heart Prior to ISPW CNs Release
Management team handled each change from Dev -> Test -> QA
-> Staging -> Production manually In a nutshell: Workload was
overwhelming Standards were more difficult to maintain Programmers
and QA teams sat idle while waiting for promotions to be processed
More effort was required on a day to day basis managing source code
ISPW has given control and speed of delivery back to the
developers, all the while respecting IT processes