Just Another Teaching of Software Engineering (2006-07)

This website archives the teaching and learning of a Software Engineering course. It supports teaching and learning during the course of study (September 2006 to May 2007). After the course, it is an archive for reference and sharing.

Lecture#15 Software Configuration Management

In this lecture, we will start to learn Software Configuration Management, or SCM in short. SCM is the discipline of monitoring and controlling change in the evolution of software system. More specifically, you will learn the following concepts and activities in the process of SCM:

  • Configuration item identification
  • Promotion management
  • Release management
  • Branch management
  • Variant management
  • Change management

Your actions before next class: Read Chapter 13 Configuration Management of the textbook.

The following lists seven software configuration management tools. Some of them offer test drive to play with.

Build and release management tools:

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Posted on 2007-02-7 by Steven Choy

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