WAVV Requirement Form[IR1] 

 

Date: 9/12/2000                                           Requirement #:  WAVV200027

Product Name:    Central Functions           Product Release#: 2.4 and on

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title :                   Document DCB Support currently in VSE 2.4

(Short description of what you want the product changed to - include keywords like function, short product name)

Statement of the Problem :    (What?  Detailed description of what you want changed, 400 char.limit)

 

Currently the file independence of using DCB is available to COBOL, but not to Assembler.

                                                                                            

  Benefit :    (Why?  Non-technical business case description, i.e a business case. Do not reword problem statement above. How do you to justify the needed change?  Wwill itrequest benefit the submitter’s your company, and the vendor and others? Business case and benefits to users and vendor which can to justify the needed change?.  Quantify: run time, dollars, manpower, etc. Also, wWhy should is it important for vendor to want to do this for their customer?s)

 

Currently Assembler programs require additional coding and maintance when Operations want's to change the blocking factor or storage media (DASD/TAPE).

  Date :       (When?  ASAP, 6 months, one year from now, etc) 

3 months

  Impact :    (How?   How will your company’s business be affected if a solution is not delivered.)

 

Staffing cuts are forcing us to be unable to respond to such requests which is causing inefficianciesinefficiencies in operations.

  Solution :  (optional desired / undesired elements Note: suggest can limit vendor ability to deliver a solution)

 

Provide documention and macro sources for the DCB macro and other supporting macros.

  Classification :  (Suggestion=Nice Idea, Long Range=Future, Tactical=ASAP, or Acceptability=I won’t buy the product or will drop the product if solution not provided)

 

Suggestion

 

Company Name:        Thigpen Enterprises, Inc.                                                                 

Author Name:            Tony Thigpen                           Author Title:      

Author Address:         102 Brandiwood Court, DeBary, FL

Author E-mail:            tony@vse2pdf.com

Telephone:                 (407) 474-0770

 

·        Please be precise and short.  

·        The Benefit section is extremely important – please make a business case.

·        Proofread - recheck accuracy of contact information before saving.

·        File as unique name-WRvviinn, where vv=vendor initials, ii=your initial, ‘nn’ to number each requirement.  Ex.: Wribwm01 ib=IBM, wm=wayne mery

·        Submit your labeled diskette (with your full name) to the requirements coordinator, a black shirt WAVV manager, the registration desk or copy it to the root drive of a registration or workroom PC.

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