PathPoint features and functionality deliver value for a wide variety of mainframe application needs. Examples include:

Application Analysis

• Reduce mainframe application analysis time

• Source code independent mainframe application analysis

• Dynamic execution-based mainframe application analysis

• Trace and capture mainframe application processing paths

• Mainframe CICS online application analysis

• Mainframe DB2 and IMS batch application analysis

• Mainframe application understanding

• Mainframe application CRUD matrix analysis

• Understand how mainframe applications really work

• Complements static source code tools

• Complements IBM Websphere Studio Asset Analyzer

• Complements becubic

• Complements metadata repository

Application Projects

• Mainframe application projects

• Mainframe legacy modernization projects

• Mainframe legacy transformation projects

• Mainframe business change request projects

• Mainframe application performance projects

• Root cause analysis of mainframe application problems

• Mainframe 3270 screen re-design projects

• Adding web front-end to legacy mainframe applications

• Re-writing mainframe legacy applications

• Adding new logic to mainframe legacy applications

• Discovering business rules in mainframe legacy applications

• Assessing application functionality

• Comparing application functionality of applications

• Mainframe application assessment

Testing and Debugging

• Minimize downstream problems (due to accurate analysis)

• Design for test with front-end application analysis

• Complements existing testing tools

• Complements existing debugging tools

• Complements Smartest

• Complements Intertest

• Complements Expediter

• Complements Expediter/Code Coverage

• Complements Expediter/DevEnterprise

• Complements TCA tools (test coverage analysis tools)

Application Performance

• Application performance for the application analyst

• Call statement level performance detail

• Identify duplicate calls

• Identify repeating patterns

• Identify return code defaults

• Identify long running calls

• Complements TMON

• Complements Strobe

Education and Training

• Mainframe application training and education

• MVS training and education

• z/OS training and education

• OS/390 training and education

• CICS training and education

• DB2 training and education

• IMS training and education

• DB2 batch training and education

• IMS batch training and education

Outsourcing and Professional Services

• Project scoping for mainframe application engagements

• Risk mitigation during bid process for mainframe application engagements

• Project ramp-up time reduction for mainframe application projects

• Productivity gains during mainframe application project start-up

• Productivity gains for ongoing mainframe application projects

Legacy Modernization and Transformation

• Business rules extraction

• Business process optimization

• Facilitates creating business rules objects

• Facilitates SOA projects

• Facilitates Sarbanes Oxley projects