Preface
The core philosophy behind configuration management systems has its roots in the US Department of Defense, where it was adopted as a technical management discipline. Today, the philosophy has been adopted by many other disciplines, including systems and software engineering. The basic idea behind a configuration management system is to establish and maintain the consistency of a system or product throughout its lifetime. The following are the fundamental activities associated with any configuration management system:
The purpose of configuration management systems is to ensure that the state of the system isn't residing in the minds of people, ...
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