Re: reverse engineering using Microfocus

"harry palmer" <rob@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there
>
>  if this has already been answered in the past please forgive me because I
> missed it.  We have a lot of Cobol programs that we need to get control
of.
> We have decided that we are going to create a repository that will help us
> determine such questions as what does the program do? What components are
re
> used and where are they located?  etc. In order to do this we are
> considering importing the source code into Microfocus cobol and using it's
> ability to show program flow as a Jackson diagram to aid us in discussions
> with the developers as to what the business logic is. The results of these
> conversations will be captured in a repository and annotated with Meta
data
> to help us get an idea as to impact analysis, what works with what, what
is
> it's business goal at a high level etc. If anyone has any ideas/comments
as
> to this approach I would be happy to hear them. Please understand this is
> NOT a migration project merely a repository population objective.
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
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thanks a lot for the great advice and pointers. we will be looking into
this next w. Thanks again