9.1. CONCEPTS IN CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

CM is essential to satisfy one of the basic objectives of a project: delivery of a high-quality software product to the client. What is this “software” that is delivered? At the least, it contains the various source or object files that make up the source or object code, scripts to build the working system from these files, and associated documentation. During the project, the files change, leading to the creation of different versions. In this situation, how does a program manager ensure that the appropriate versions of source code files are combined without missing any source, and that the correct versions of the documents, consistent with the final source, are sent? All this is ensured through proper ...

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