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Compuware won two 2020 DevOps Dozen Awards, for Best DevOps for Mainframe Solution and Best DevOps-Related Podcast Series. In order to thrive in an environment where, as Compuware CEO Chris O’Malley likes to say, “big no longer beats small; fast beats slow,” mainframe organizations must develop and deliver new features and applications as quickly and efficiently as possible—without sacrificing quality. The Topaz suite of development and testing tools makes that necessity a reality, integrating into the DevOps toolchain and helping developers of all experience levels quickly understand, update, test, maintain, and troubleshoot mainframe systems. Through the course of 15 episodes, Rick makes the case for adopting DevOps and Agile methodologies, lays out the process of building a modern software delivery system, and welcomes guests to discuss aspects of software delivery such as source control management, automation, testing, measurement, and more.

In the conclusion of the series, Principal Consultant Bill Clayton details BMC Compuware’s TDM solution and describes the benefits of implementing a TDM strategy. BMC Compuware offers a comprehensive Test Data Management solution which includes an end-to-end combination of the technology, expertise, and best practices needed to support a data protection and optimization initiative across the enterprise. This should include details such as the physical locations of where all of the data and corresponding structural layout information are located, how that data is used by both the applications that interface with it and any testing procedures and processes that impact it, and most specifically, where all of the sensitive data elements are contained within the data necessary to build a fully functioning test data environment that emulates the production system(s) it supports. In the context of BMC Compuware’s Test Data Management Best Practices, design information is documented to address the Compuware File-AID and Topaz product suite specifically, which provides the data management capability.

Leading up to Data Privacy Day, January 28, this week we have a four-part series on defining your Test Data Management (TDM) strategy. Parts 1 and 2 of this series, have defined TDM, explained why it’s crucial to the success of your organization, and identified key stakeholders. In my years of working on TDM projects I have not come across anyone who was unable to do their job after a planned TDM initiative. Over time, application dBases will have added columns and tables, and names and addresses will have been keyed in by many different operatives across the business, in different formats.

Leading up to Data Privacy Day, January 28, this week we have a four-part series on defining your Test Data Management (TDM) strategy. A robust TDM strategy includes more than consideration of risk mitigation and legal compliance—it must also address the concerns of stakeholders within your organization and those of your customers. A TDM system will document how specific data management rules and procedures are defined so that the Security Officer can validate policies at any time. A robust TDM strategy will meet the needs and concerns of each of these stakeholders, in addition to addressing risk of breach and ensuring compliance.