You Just Inherited an IBM i Environment. Here’s Where to Start.
Most CIOs and IT directors step into a role they didn’t build the foundation for. On IBM i, that foundation is often decades of undocumented RPG and COBOL. Here’s why that gap is more common than it feels, what it actually costs a new leader, and how to close it before your first real decision.
Your Best RPG Developer Retires Next Year. Does Anyone Know What Their Code Actually Does?
Most IBM i organizations don’t have a documentation problem so much as an undocumented-decisions problem. When the developer who wrote a program leaves, whatever they knew about it leaves too. Here’s why that gap is more urgent than most IT leaders realize, and what it actually takes to close it.