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Rocket DevOps

Score10 out of 10

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What is Rocket DevOps?

Rocket DevOps (formerly Rocket Aldon) enables true end-to-end (CI/CD) for IBM i+ environments. Businesses can extend holistic DevSecOps best practices to the IBM i, pursue innovative experimentation, easily respond to compliance audits, and adapt to the ever-changing expectations of process, technology, or experience.

Good CMS for traditional IBM i development

Pros

  • Software Change Management
  • IBM i development
  • Object relationships

Cons

  • SQL object promotions
  • User interface
  • Incomplete error checking
  • Fragmented promotion logs

Most Important Features

  • Change Management
  • Promotion history
  • Object relationships

Return on Investment

  • Software promotion is much easier and doesn't require custom coding.
  • Developers can work collaboratively with less overlap.
  • Developers can find objects faster and research code more thoroughly.

Other Software Used

DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, InterBase

Rocket Aldon SCM

Pros

  • Allows flexibility for user groups
  • Scripting for releasing of code
  • Ease of comparing code versions within the tool

Cons

  • Check-in checkout process can be cumbersome
  • UI is crowded and not intuitive
  • Requires in house expertise maintain and manage

Return on Investment

  • Based on the functionality it provides and for the price paid, it is reasonable
  • Tool integrates well with existing legacy functions for Source Code Management
  • Integrates well with other Rocket Tools

Alternatives Considered

Gitlab and IBM Rational ClearCase

Other Software Used

Gitlab