1 / 12

Training the Next Generation of Mainframe Engineers Joseph Bedell Jason Breen Joe Parisi

Training the Next Generation of Mainframe Engineers Joseph Bedell Jason Breen Joe Parisi. ECC June 11 th 2013. Agenda. College Experience ASE Training Program Product Training Mentor Program Agile @ CA Knowledge Transfer Mainframe Academy Q&A. College Experience.

quilla
Download Presentation

Training the Next Generation of Mainframe Engineers Joseph Bedell Jason Breen Joe Parisi

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Training the Next Generation of Mainframe EngineersJoseph BedellJason BreenJoe Parisi ECC June 11th 2013

  2. Agenda • College Experience • ASE Training Program • Product Training • Mentor Program • Agile @ CA • Knowledge Transfer • Mainframe Academy • Q&A

  3. College Experience • College curriculum focused on modern languages on a PC • Assembler class on Marist’s z/OS mainframe • IBM Academic Initiative • Master the Mainframe • Mainframe accessibility • Difficult to get started on your own • IBM Mainframe Assembler List

  4. My Experience • Unable to attend the ASE program • CA learning center • Assembler • JCL • z/OS Concepts and Components • Virtual classes • Joined a team with new hires • Transitional project to the mainframe

  5. Associate Software Engineer Training Program • Designed for new employees with programming experience but no exposure to the mainframe • Curriculum consists of the following topics: • Intro to z/OS • TSO/ISPF for z/OS • JCL • Sysview • IBM Assembler • Rexx • Length of the program has varied between 6 and 8 weeks • The courses gave the new employees a foundation of mainframe knowledge

  6. ASE Class Fall 2012

  7. Product Training • After training, the new engineers returned to their home offices • Employees now have basic mainframe experience, but need to learn product-specific skills • Initially new developers followed a roadmap of internal training to be completed on their own • Later employees had a more structured learning program, working closely with experienced engineers • Effective product training reduces the time until employees can be independently productive

  8. Mentor Program • Technical Mentors • Senior engineers • Answer questions about the product • Someone to go to for advice with working on technical assignments • Someone local who is always available to help • Business Mentor • A manager outside the ASE’s organization • Advice on career planning and business relationships • Monthly meetings

  9. Agile @ CA • Agile Overview • Why is Agile good for an ASE? • Scrum meetings allows for daily communication among team members • Enables experienced team members to consult on many stories • Each story will have a detailed specification about what needs to be done • No rigid roles. Employees can change roles and volunteer for tasks that they want to get better at.

  10. Knowledge Transfer • Company wide goal • Work time is budgeted for learning and recording knowledge • Senior engineers are mostly close to retirement, and we need to retain their skills • Few engineers with intermediate level of experience, large gap between ASEs and senior engineers in the staff • Mainframe products are complicated, there is a lot of expertise and knowledge that needs to be preserved

  11. Mainframe Academy • CA program targeted to new college graduates or current IT professionals looking to get a foundation of mainframe skills • 12 weeks • Coursework based on the ASE training program • CA provides 5 scholarships per year • For more info: • mainframescholarship@ca.com • ca.com/us/mainframe-scholarship.aspx

  12. Questions and Comments

More Related