This article relates how the author, with few prospects, first got into computers and how that early experience is still relevant in his work with ThruPut Manager.

"My paper details the technical and political realities of our conversion to WLM-controlled initiators. I explain how we studied our environment then constructed our ideal configuration. I describe our political issues and how we overcame them. I tell how we evaluated our technical options then arrived at an excellent solution using ThruPut Manager."

This article discusses the significant changes exit programmers must contend with as they move to z/OS 1.2 (and above) and support for "one million job numbers".

Batch Management needs a systematic approach to achieve reliability and performance. Results can be enhanced by choosing tools that support the approach. The author discusses both the five step approach to batch management as well as the merits of different implementation options.