WAVV Requirement Form[IR1] 

 

Date: 9/18/2000                                           Requirement #:  WAVV200031

Product Name:    Power           Product Release#: current

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title :                   Allow for the displaying/changing/addition of OPTB values

(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 there is no way to modify OPTB (Formdef, Pagedef, etc.) after the LST queue entry is created. It must be copied to add the information.

                                                                                            

  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)

 

Improve Operation.

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

1 year

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

 

     

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

 

PosiblePossible solution: Create a Power startup option (OPTBFREE?) that indicates to Power how much room to leave for additions/enlargements of OPTB values. Power can fill area with multiple occurancesoccurrences of a dummy (reserved key) OPTB. When a PALTER needs to, it reads the whole block, throws away the dummy values and adds the new OPTB values. It can then re-pad the block with dummy OPTBs before rewriting.

  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)

 

ASAP

 

Company Name:        Thigpen Enterprises, Inc.                                                                 

Author Name:            Tony Thigpen                           Author Title:      

Author Address:         102 Brandiwood Court, DeBary, FL 32713

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.

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