Configuration Management Principles and Practices

Author: Anne Mete Jonassen Hass
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Publish Date: 2003-11-01
Features: This book is undoubtedly a valuable resource for software companies striving to improve production efficiency and enhance market competitiveness, as well as readers aiming to make a mark in the field of software configuration management. It can serve as supplementary teaching materials and training textbooks for relevant majors in colleges and universities, and is also suitable for computer developers and users. Software configuration management is a core component of software quality improvement. It spans the entire software lifecycle, providing a set of solutions and principles for software enhancement. This book elucidates the elements that should be included in a comprehensive software engineering configuration management strategy, along with the benefits it brings, and also describes how to apply configuration management strategies in practice. The book is divided into five parts, with a total of 26 chapters and 3 appendices, covering the following topics: basic concepts of configuration management; fundamental principles of configuration management; selection and application of configuration management data; different roles and tasks involved in configuration management activities; applying configuration management in various environments; implementing configuration management in projects of different scales, including security-critical systems, complex systems, multi-platform systems, and multi-variant systems; managing multi-site development and providing cross-organizational functionality; integrating different configuration management tools; and improving configuration management processes based on CMMI.