WAVV Requirement Form

 

Date: 3/21/2002                                           Requirement #:  WAVV200238

Product Name:    VSE documentation        Product Release#: next

Vendor Name:     IBM

 

Title: (Paraphrase problem in a single statement)Provide all IBM mainframe software documentation in PDF format.

Detailed Problem Description: (Description of what you want changed - 400 character entry limit)

 

We, like many shops, are storing documentation (both internal and vendor supplied) in PDF format and making it available on our network to any user that needs it. Only a portion of the VSE manuals can be available, because not all are supplied as PDFs.

                                                                                             

Priority: (Select one: Urgent - High - Medium - Low) Medium

Requested Completion Date: (When? Examples: 3 months, 1 year, Next Release) ASAP

Requirement Type: (Select one: Acceptability - Compatibility/Migration - Ease of Use - Feature/Function - Performance - Reliability/Availability/Serviceability - Packaging - Interoperability)

Ease of Use

Business Justification: (Why? Non-technical business case description. Do not reword Detailed Problem Description from above. What are the benefits to be gained by your company, and the vendor and others?  Quantify: run time, dollars, manpower, etc.   Why should the vendor do this for the customer?)

 

Currently, in each release of the VSE Collection CD, ALL of the books are available in BookManager format while only a select few are available as PDF. I was told the reason is that IBM has not made it a requirement for all divisions to produce PDFs as well - it is somewhat voluntary. Adobe is becoming the standard for documentation. IBM should adopt this as well.

Solution: (Optional)(Desired/undesired elements Note: Making a suggestion may limit a vendors ability to deliver a solution)

 

Provide ALL the books in PDF format as well as BookManager format.

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

 

It will make life easier for all of us by having all the documentation available in the same format.

 

Company Name:        Computer Credit, Inc.                                                                       

Author Name:            Michael Rosinger                                  Author Title: Systems Programmer/DBA

Author Address:         640 West Fourth Street

Author E-mail:            mrosinger@cciws.com

Telephone:                 (336) 761-1524