Hi Elardus - Thanks very much for your support. I was specifically looking at effort / man hours estimate for supporting standard z/OS MF infrastructure which does not include H/W support. Basically wanted to how many FTEs does the industry standard recommend for no of LPARs. etc., for DB2 sysproc activities , cics sysprog activities etc.
Any one has any further inputs please advise. have nice day. On Mon, Dec 18, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Elardus Engelbrecht < [email protected]> wrote: > Anil Kumar wrote: > > >Good day. I needed expert advise on how do we calculate the numbers > (effort estimation ) > > What numbers / effort? Costs? Man-hours? CPU estimate? Licenses? > Infrastructure? etc.? > > > > ... provided that we have the infrastructure that we support. > > Are these things in place: Power (Main and UPS), Room space, Physical > security? > > > >... Assuming that I have the below: > > >1) # of LPARs. > >2) # of ISV products. > >3) Automation on z/os on all LPARs. > >4) Storage > >5)MIPS > >6) # of CICS regions > >7) # of DB2 subsystems > >8) MQ regions > >9) # of WAS > >10) # of IMS subsystems > > More things to add... > > .... 11) Network infrastructure including remote connection. > .... 12) Security product(s) > .... 13) PPRC and what else too for your storage... > .... 14) You forgot about DRP. This will certainly double (sort off) your > 'effort'. > .... 15) Workstations to access above things ... > .... 16) XCF, Sysplex Timers > .... 17) Add more toys and tools including having a 'Sandbox' LPAR for > SMP/E and testing out products. > > > >I understand that different shops have different strategy in calculating > the same. However I needed valuable inputs on how to start estimating. > > Ask first, how much staff do you have and how much are you willing to pay > or pulling in contractors. > > How many clients / users do you have for each of those listed systems? > > > >Is there any industry standard or best practice available. > > Yes, there is only ONE standard, it is named 'No Standard'. You will have > to figure out yourself what is the best for you. Perhaps there are IBM-MAIN > members who can help you or supply you a product which can do those > estimates... > > > >I really appreciate all your inputs in this regard. Please let me know > for any further information required from my end. > > Ask your vendors. They know their products and can give you a ball-park > figure of everything. > > Good luck. > > Groete / Greetings > Elardus Engelbrecht > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
