Software Configuration Management Policy and Rational ClearCase

Author: (USA) Brian A. White
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Publish Date: 2003-07-01
Features: This book does not stop at the basic level but explains many advanced technical topics targeting real-life development scenarios, such as managing multiple projects and managing projects distributed across different regions. The numerous experiences, techniques, and insights presented in this book come from the engineering practice of discovering and applying the best practices of SCM. The book is filled with many subtle insights and valuable suggestions. Software Configuration Management (SCM) is a fundamental software engineering task used to manage the complex and rapidly evolving software development environment today. This book is a comprehensive and practical guide to software configuration management, using the most popular SCM tool on the market, Rational ClearCase, as an example. It first explains the basics and then demonstrates the best practices of SCM achieved through ClearCase's unified change management model. The book clearly shows how ClearCase simplifies and controls changes in software development projects. This book does not stop at the basic level but explains many advanced technical topics targeting real-life development scenarios, such as managing multiple projects and managing projects distributed across different regions. The numerous experiences, techniques, and insights presented in this book come from the engineering practice of discovering and applying the best practices of SCM. The book is filled with many subtle insights and valuable suggestions.