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TD/OMS - a modern approach on Software Development 

TD/OMS has a proven track record as a product that supports the whole Software Lifecycle Support (SLS) process on the IBM i (AS/400), from the maintenance of complex application cycles through to the distribution of objects to remote systems. The product has been available on the marketplace for many years and many major, International companies are using the product to control their software change processes.

TD/OMS simplifies the management of 4GL-tools with its integrated 4GL support. Defined controlling rules have a determining factor, where even exceptions by component, location and country versions can be set in advance. The result is less work at the operational level for IT-managers, programmers and application administrators. Through pro-active management, time is gained and errors are prevented. Organizations do not have to change their working method to use TD/OMS; rather TD/OMS adapts to their working method.

Business processes such as Incident Management, Configuration Management, Version Management, Release Management, Life Cycle Management and Software Control & Distribution are the foundation of TD/OMS. TD/OMS maps the dependencies between software components in a Software Configuration Database. A "defined life-cycle" is

created around this database. The life-cycle reflects the process that is carried out during each change.

The process normally consists of the following steps:

1. Incident Management -> monitoring, when does a problem occur?
2. Change Request Management -> problem analysis, what are the demands?
3. Task Management -> who is doing what, when?
4. Test Management -> who carries out which tests, and when?
5. Deployment -> taking the software into use again

These steps are taken repeatedly during the life-cycle of a software component.

Therefore it is not a once-only, but an iterative process. This process is repeated until a software component is at the end of its lifecycle.

Continuity in an up-to-date IT infrastructure is of vital importance for an organization. Changes and improvements to software should not disturb the availability of IT.

The Software Lifecycle Support (SLS) process is essentially aimed at providing control over these changes. Companies using a Software Change Management solution like TD/OMS have the ability to control all aspects of application