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Anders Hecquet
Solutions Architect
April 2017
COBOL Analyzer/Enterprise AnalyzerApplication Insight at the Point of Change
An Evolutionary Journey Resulting in Great Complexity
Internet
of
Things
(IoT)z / OS
PL / I
COBOL
CICS
IMS
Public Cloud Private
Cloud
Micro Focus COBOL Application Landscape
Micro Focus Cobol Survey 2015 Report
Only 18.4% of respondents expect the size of their COBOL estate to reduce in 2015
Above 25 million LOC
Between 10 and 25
million LOC
Between 5 and 10
million LOC
Between 2 and 5 million
LOCBetween 1 and 2 million
LOC
Less than 1 million LOC
Decrease
Remain broadly
the same
Increase
62.7% of respondents estimate their COBOL estate at > $1m LOC
Lines of Code Expected change during 2016
Decades of investment have resulted in substantial business applications
Fewer Subject Matter
Experts
Business drivers to innovate quickly
Struggling to understand “Big picture”
IT landscape is complex
IT backlog is increasing
Innovation requires faster change, but…
Change can be challenging and complex
Uncertainty of future IT direction
Delayed releases
resulting in re-work
Limitedapplication
documentationIncreased
risk of change
Today’s Application Delivery Challenges
Proliferation of DevicesTime to Market User Experience
• Do you have single person key application experts? How do you address
this risk and bottleneck?
• How long does it take to onboard new application development staff?
• Are your core business application well documented?
• How well do you do estimations today?
• How often do you find issues and errors late (in testing) which requires re-
work?
A Self Assessment
How to improve
Source = Development Landscape 2013: Developer Foresights North American and Europe
Market Research Application Analysis Tooling
“To move faster, developers need to embrace automated
tools for testing and source code analysis”– Diego Lo Giudice, Forrester
of developers use static analysis tools every day!(Forrester)
9%
of developers admit occasional use of tooling(Forrester)
44%
Annual spend on agile ALM tools by 2019 (IDC)
1.8B$
Introducing COBOL Analyzer/Enterprise Analyzer
“Analyzer helps developers, analysts and
management better understand the impact of
application changes and as a result make smarter IT
decisions and deliver better results, faster.”
• Take the risk out of business
change
• Understand the value of core
applications and their impact
to the business
• Improve decision making
through automation and
quality based metrics
AnalyzerInsight – Visualize what you have
Enterprise
Application
Knowledgebase
Technical Analysis Understand
application code
Business InsightUnderstand how applications
support the business
Technical UsersExecute development
activities
Business UsersManage IT like a
business
• Identify business process,
relationships and the impact of
change
• Understand application scope and
complexity while assessing risk
• Restore lost knowledge and create
instant application experts
AnalyzerUnderstanding – Know what you need to change
• 40% faster project planning
and delivery
• Faster application change while
managing overall impact and quality
• Improve dev efficiency by providing
actionable insight at the point of
change
• Easily onboard new talent
AnalyzerAcceleration – Deliver results faster and with quality
AnalyzerHow it Works
Build RepositoryLoad COBOL Code
Analysis
Phase
Analyze COBOL Apps
using Windows ClientVisual COBOL
Developer
Code loaded into SQL Server
database and ready for analysisAdmin or Dev uses repository to
understand impact of code
changes
Extra value for Visual
COBOL developers.
Coding tasks exported
into Eclipse and Visual
Studio
Query
RepositoryDev Work
1. 2. 3. 4.
A look at Enterprise Analyzer
• Retain application knowledge and understanding
• Build a new talent pool of application experts
• Plan and document Micro Focus COBOL
applications
• Respond to maintenance tasks with greater
confidence, speed and accuracy
• Improve application quality by measuring and
managing the impact of change
Plan and Manage Application Change
with Confidence
• Visit: microfocus.com/cobolanalyzer
• To download a FREE 30-day trial
• To access product information
including datasheets, tech specs,
tutorials, videos and sample code
• Contact your Micro Focus Account
Manager for pricing and licensing
information
COBOL AnalyzerYour Next Step