Introduction to the Team Software Process(SM)

Appendix BSoftware Configuration Management

This appendix briefly explains what software configuration management (SCM) is and why it is important to you. It also describes the TSPi configuration control process and provides the required forms and scripts. Although the procedures described do not cover all important aspects of configuration management, they should be adequate for your purposes. They also give you exposure to most of the configuration management issues you are likely to face in industry.

The Software Configuration Management Problem

Software configuration management is the total set of activities used to manage the content of a software product from the beginning to the end of the development process. The purpose of the SCM ...