Software Configuration Management (SCM) Best Practices
Uttam Narsu is an industry expert on software configuration management best practices. While an analyst at Giga and Forrester Research, Mr. Narsu worked with hundreds of differing software development environments and has
The Importance of Branching Models in SCM
Complex code bases, massive parallel development and other problems often plague a project and can bring it to its knees. A number of Configuration Management and Source Control products and processes exist
Check In Early and Check In Often
Developers often put off checking in. They put it off because they don't want to affect other people too early and they don't want to get blamed for breaking the
Source Control Using CVS, Subversion, and AccuRev
A couple of weeks back, Robert Warner, of Availity gave a presentation to The Jacksonville Developers User Group titled "Source Control Using CVS, Subversion and AccuRev." The link to his presentation can be found here.
Timesafe – Immutability in Software Configuration Management
The link below points to a paper that I wrote a few years ago regarding Immutability in Software Configuration Management. Abstract. A basic function of Configuration Management (CM) is to accurately
What is Software Configuration Management?
The following article is a great introduction to SCM. http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=390813&rl=1 Article Brief Software is easy to change—too easy. And not only is it easy to change, but it is unconstrained
A Vocabulary for Software Configuration Management
The beginning of any good conversation requires that a lingua franca be created so that the participants have a common vocabulary and thus assurance that they are comparing apples to