Aldon Lifecycle Manager (IBM i Edition): CA 2E Interface

CA 2E (formerly Fusion:2E) challenges its users with unique change management requirements. The more developers understand and harness the real power of CA 2E – populating the model with many small reusable objects -- the greater the need for model and object management. The very nature of model-based development demands an advanced change management solution that can handle a mixed environment of CA 2E-generated source and objects along with those manually produced in RPG and COBOL..

Aldon ALM Solution

Aldon Lifecycle Manager (IBM i Edition) enforces a standard development path, monitoring and controlling the passage of code from development to testing to production. Seamless integration between Aldon and CA 2E is provided by 2E Link, allowing all development to occur within a single change management solution. Together, Aldon and 2E Link prevent unauthorized change, improve the quality of code, and increase programmer productivity.

Aldon balances the developer’s need for flexibility, the manager's desire for control and the end-user's need for high quality, customized applications. Transform individual developer effort into an effective development team by enhancing:

Productivity

Reduce the manual, repetitive and administrative portions of CA 2E development activity through automation. Ensure that all objects affected by or contributing to a change are processed together. Objects in the model and in Aldon Lifecycle Manager (IBM i Edition) remain in sync.

Flexibility

Handle everything from simple access control to complex development scenarios such as multiple version management. Aldon automatically promotes the corresponding source code and IBM i objects between development, testing and production environments.

Control

Protect the firm's valuable software assets. Enable management to define the development lifecycle, establish the standards and assign differing levels of developer authority.

Quality

Improve software quality as all changes to the model flow through the system the same way. Obtain a consistent and efficient approach to application development that greatly reduces error and saves time.

Communication

Gain access to IT information. Users can submit requests, check on the status of projects and communicate with programmers through the project notes feature.

Documentation

Automatically document developer activity, providing management an audit trail of development changes. Organize historical information into useful management reports using the sub-setting feature.

Distribution

Automatically distribute code to one or more production machines, allowing for software installations across the network.