CA Harvest Software Change Manager Other Advice
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Gerrie Robbetze
IT Specialist at First Rand Bank Ltd.
My advice to anybody who is implementing this solution is to read all of the documentation. Be sure to stick to the implementation and installation instructions as to how they are provided.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
View full review »The auditing capability is one aspect that I would really recommend other colleagues to look into, because all the other version control tools out in the market provide speed, but the auditing capability is missing; the change management interaction; etc. I would say look at that aspect, so you are not really tracking, and you have better visibility and traceability of the code promotion.
It has been a really good solution, getting in all our applications together, and creating a change management kind of a workflow. I haven’t given it a perfect rating because I still want the user experience to be better; to improve; make it faster in terms of understanding the tool.
View full review »If you have a strong desire for lifecycle with your source control management system, then by all means, CA Mainframe Software Manager (CA SCM) is the tool that should be researched and looked at. One word of advice is that CA is coming up with a new product called Unified Source Control. It provides an architecture that allows your developers to work with whatever tools they want, but in the backend, it uses CA Mainframe Software Manager (CA SCM).
When looking for a vendor, the thing that I really look for is enterprise support. We've worked with a couple small companies, and support has been a real big challenge. Enterprise support is one of the huge things for me.
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CA Harvest Software Change Manager
April 2024
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JB
AppSysEng293
Application Systems Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Choose another product!
View full review »Pick it if it fits your needs. If you have an environment where your development workforce is controlled, it's contained, and you want higher change management, then Harvest definitely seems like the way to go.
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CA Harvest Software Change Manager
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about CA Harvest Software Change Manager. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
767,496 professionals have used our research since 2012.