Softare Configuration Management [Hardcover]

An effective systems development and design process is far easier to explain than it is to implement. A framework is needed that organizes the life cycle activities that form the process. This framework is Configuration Management (CM).

Software Configuration Management discusses the framework from a standards viewpoint, using the original DoD MIL-STD-973 and EIA-649 standards to describe the elements of configuration management within a software engineering perspective.

Divided into two parts, the first section is composed of 14 chapters that explain every facet of configuration management related to software engineering. The second section consists of 25 appendices that contain many valuable real world CM templates.

The content is extensive and inclusive, covering everything from CM planning to configuration identification, verification, and auditing. Although it is vendor-neutral, it offers a serious discussion of what to look for in a CM tool and lists toolsets for review. This volume is a sourcebook of techniques, templates, and best practices in the field, providing software engineers and systems developers with what they need to run a successful CM program.Introduction to software configuration management. Project Management in a CM environment. The DoD CM process model. Configuration identification. Configuration control. Configuration status accounting. A practical approach to documentation and configuration status accounting. Configuration verification and audit. A practical approach to configuration verification and audit. Configuration management and data management. Configuration change management. Configuration management and software engineering standards reference. Metrics and configuration management reference. CM automation. Appendices.Keyes, Jessica