Reading a dump - where do you actually start?

Got handed an SVC dump from a system abend. Everyone says "look at the PSW" like that means something to me yet.

For an application-level problem (not sysprog mystery), what is the first 10 minutes of your dump reading ritual?

Find the failing TCB, note the abend code and PSW address, map that to the load module + offset, then go to the compile listing. Do not wander the whole dump first.

If you have Fault Analyzer / Abend-Aid, start there and only dig raw when the tool is wrong.

Night shift version: confirm it is not a known recurring offset we already have a PTF for. Saves hours of heroics.