1. 5 Keys to Automating Configuration Management for Application Infrastructure

5 Keys to Automating Configuration Management for Application Infrastructure One of the trends being discussed in business, among vendors and in the analyst community is the importance of automating the functions performed by IT. Growing demands by...

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2. Potential SCM Problem Classes

When planning for SCM in your product development organization, you must first understand the classes of potential problems that can exist. Once the classes are understood, the inherent problems that are causing configuration management issues may...

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3. Potential SCM Problem Classes

When planning for SCM in your product development organization, you must first understand the classes of potential problems that can exist. Once the classes are understood, the inherent problems that are causing configuration management issues may...

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4. SCM Benefits the Organization in Four Major Ways

SCM benefits an organization in four areas: control, management, cost savings, and quality. These four benefits are mapped to an organization's overall goals and objectives when the decisions are made to bring a SCM tool in-house. The features of a...

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5. The minimum features for SCM tools

SCM Tools The minimum features for SCM tools are closely related to the task of handling the different product deliverables produced within the project software engineering process. Tool requirements and selection criteria are based on a series of...

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6. The symptoms of our software development malaise

Software development has traditionally suffered from producing end products with a definite lack of inherent quality. The symptoms of this quality lack are listed here: Software development projects are often delivered late and over budget. Often...

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7. The Four Basic Requirements for an SCM

Identification, control, audit, and status accounting are the four basic requirements for a software configuration management system. These requirements must be satisfied regardless of the amount of automation within the SCM process. All four may be...

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8. What Is Software Configuration Management

Software engineers usually find coding to be the most satisfying aspect of their job. This is easy to understand because programming is a challenging, creative activity requiring extensive technical skills. It can mean getting to "play" with...

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9. Best Practices in Software Configuration Management

Best Practices in Software Configuration Management Abstract When deploying new SCM (software configuration management) tools, implementers sometimes focus on perfecting fine-grained activities, while unwittingly carrying forward poor, ...

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10. What is Build Versioning

Version: It is a set of code to which major/minor or a Patch of changes is made. Hence we say a build is released to the QA team for testing. Version is normally the Proper number given for the final package after fixing all issues. Normally in...

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