MSMWorkstation Survey John Murray George James Software What
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MSM-Workstation Survey John Murray George James Software
What is it? o o Web survey to assess usage of WS http: //www. mcenter. com/msmws. html Online since 30 th September 1998 Survey facilities provided by Mail. Post o o o 11/25/2020 Commercial form-to-email product developed with WS ZDNet 5 -star rating http: //www. mcenter. com/mailpost/ MSM-Workstation Survey 2
Who responded? o o o 56 replies received by 21 st October 50 gave a follow-up address 55% were new to Version 2 71% had been beta testers of WS 70% reported at least one person currently using WS at least once a week o o 11/25/2020 Largest such usage was 15 Total was 160 MSM-Workstation Survey 3
How has WS been used? o Application builder — 91% o o o Development tool for editing/debugging — 75% MWAPI learning environment — 39% M learning environment — 13% Connected to server o o o 11/25/2020 New application — 79% Re-engineered legacy application — 52% during development — 64% at application runtime using RVG — 64% at application runtime using MSM-Activate — 21% MSM-Workstation Survey 4
What sort of solutions? o o 11/25/2020 Interactive CHUI application — 84% Interactive GUI application — 82% GUI/CHUI hybrid — 34% Automation Server — 32% MSM-Workstation Survey 5
What kind of deployment? o o o 11/25/2020 Component of commercial software package — 70% Tool for personal use — 54% Shared tool, freely distributed within own organization or beyond — 38% MSM-Workstation Survey 6
Scale of deployment Calculating using lower limits of bands, total is 1109 11/25/2020 MSM-Workstation Survey 7
Inhibiting Factors o o 11/25/2020 Uncertain future for the product Learning curve, need for training and more examples Bugs, problems and issues of functionality Connectivity issues – Caché, DTM etc MSM-Workstation Survey 8
Further Interest o o o User Forum — 71% Support Contract — 38% Sample Pool — 59% Training — 27% Knowledge Base — 71% Participation in Development o o o 11/25/2020 design — 52% implementation — 45% testing — 54% MSM-Workstation Survey 9