BMC AMI DevX vs. FlowyTeam

I love these tools! However, my company has not yet transitioned from SCLM to a modern repository, and this is causing most of our developers to remain within TSO for all their development. It's been a slow adoption up to this point, but we are moving toward more modernization this year and next, so with any luck, we'll see usage pick up. Success depends on the speed at which your management is willing to move.

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The platform is well suited for SMEs like me when we do not have permanent HR roles. With the platform, we can monitor

• Their attendance
• The employee's job rank
• The employee's job status
• Company, team, and individual objectives
• There is no need for micromanagement; results are delivered based on trust, and the platform allowed us (the employer) to get rid of non-performance subtly
• We use FlowyTeam platform in our performance review, thus it's so convenient to point it out to the individual because they already know whether they are performing or not.

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• The tool I use is fairly intuitive. It doesn't take long to be using it full time.
• Changing the layout/view is fairly easy. This allows it to fit individual preferences.
• It is helpful to be able to view specific windows in full screen. Usually, I have it set up to view multiple windows, but sometimes, I just want to view one window in full-screen mode.

Incentivized

• Projects
• Tasks
• Kanban
• Performance management
• Engagement

• Download source code plug-in on Azure DevOps to allow downloading prod version even if it's not in the assignment.
• Publishing Test Results on Azure DevOps from Total Test plugin
• Integration with DevEnterprise in Workbench and GenAI capabilities for enhance code analysis (Accross multiple programs/applications)

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• Data analysis
• Data integration
• App version

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This is a very good range of tools that we use daily to maintain our programs

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It's really simple to use either in batch mode or CICS mode. It is very convinient for debugging purpose.

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The tool is very reliable and we have had very few cases where we have had to contact support.

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With one exception, we did not observe any slowdown in development activity when using the AMI DEVX Code DEBug tool.

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Support has been amazing compared to Optim. Further, new features are very regular with File-AID - I can't remember the last time Optim had a significant update. File-AID support is very receptive to feature requests and reported bugs, including sending out hotfixes quickly.

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The learning phase is relatively easy to implement.

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The installation teams for these products have never complained about any difficulties during the integration of this range of tools into our IT system.

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The names may have changed over the years, but anyone who has been around for a while will recognize them. For Software Configuration Management, I have used TSO/ISPF/SCLM, Panvalet, ChangeMan, Librarian, Endevor, and now Code Pipeline. All of them met the basic requirements. All of them had their advantages and disadvantages. Code Pipeline, however, stands head and shoulders above the rest in simplicity, completeness, effectiveness, efficiency, and elegance.

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Trello is very good for kanban...but I like the diversity of FlowyTeam. Can be linked to Kanban and makes the software an effective action plan tool. Project management is also a plus

• Possitive impact. It is main product suite to enable devops in the mainframe applications team. All developers use these on day-to-day work.
• Negative impact: Recent usability issues caused disappointment in the application teams. It became hard motivate the development community to increase usage.

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• Quality of delivery is very positive
• Team effort to ensure everyone is meeting the company's objectives and goals
• Being able to cut loses (non-performance) fast and legally

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