Configuration Management Principles and Practice

ISBN: 0321117662
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2002
Pages: 181

Authors: Anne Mette Jonassen Hass

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Main Page
Table of content
Copyright
The Agile Software Development Series
List of Figures
List of Tables
Foreword by Kim Caputo
Foreword by Alistair Cockburn
Preface
My Life as a Software Professional
Creation of This Book
Purpose of the Book
Thanks
Introduction
I.1 Configuration Management in Company Perspective
I.2 Configuration Management Between Companies
I.3 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT IN A BROADER PERSPECTIVE
Part I: What Is Configuration Management?
Chapter 1. Definition of Configuration Management Used in This Book
1.1 Configuration Management Activities
1.2 Identification
1.3 Storage
1.4 Change Control
1.5 Status Reporting
1.6 False Friends: Version Control and Baselines
Chapter 2. Configuration Management in Maturity Models
2.1 CMM Version 1.1
2.2 CMMI
2.3 ISO 15504 (SPICE) and BOOTSTRAP 3.2
Chapter 3. Configuration Management in International Standards
3.1 Overview of Related Standards
3.2 BS6488, DOD, IEEE
3.3 ESA PSS-05-09
3.4 GAMP
3.5 ISO 9001:1994, ISO 9000-3, AND ISO 9001:2000
Chapter 4. Organizations Working with Configuration Management
4.1 Institutions and Companies
4.2 Projects
Chapter 5. Scoping the Configuration Management Task
5.1 Level of AmbitionCostBenefit Analysis
5.2 Examples
5.3 Calculation of Profitability
5.4 Pitfalls in Connection with Scoping
5.5 How to Treat What is Kept Outside
Part II: Configuration Management Data
Chapter 6. What Can Be Placed under Configuration Management
6.1 Physical or Electronic Objects
6.2 Types of Objects in Product Perspective
6.3 Types of Objects in Project Perspective
6.4 Types of Objects in Cross-Organizational Perspective
6.5 Deliveries Under Configuration Management
6.6 Deliveries for Planned Events Like Milestones
Chapter 7. What One Needs to Know about a Configuration Item
7.1 Overview of Metadata for a Configuration Item
7.2 Metadata for Unique Identification
7.3 Metadata for Authorization
7.4 Metadata for Relations to Other Configuration Items
7.5 Metadata for Distribution
Chapter 8. What One Must Register for a Configuration Item
8.1 Item Approval
8.2 Release Request
8.3 Event Registration
8.4 Change Request
Chapter 9. What Information Is Available for Configuration Items
9.1 Examples
9.2 Configuration Management as Supplier of Measurements
Part III: Roles in Configuration Management
Chapter 10. People and Configuration Management
10.1 Configuration Management as a Career
10.2 Managing Configurations is Everyone s Job
10.3 Understanding Team Roles
Chapter 11. Configuration Management Roles
11.1 Configuration Control Board
11.2 Librarian
11.3 Person Responsible for Configuration Management
Chapter 12. Organizational Roles
12.1 Management
12.2 Person Responsible for Assets
12.3 Person Responsible for Operation
12.4 Person Responsible for Process Management
12.5 Person Responsible for Environments and Tools
12.6 SupportHelpdesk
Chapter 13. Project-Related Roles
13.1 Analyst
13.2 Designer
13.3 Programmer
13.4 Integrator
13.5 Tester
13.6 Project Manager
13.7 Person Responsible for Quality
13.8 Person Responsible for Customer Contact
13.9 Person Responsible for Subcontractor Contact
Chapter 14. External Roles
14.1 Customer
14.2 Subcontractor
Part IV: Configuration Management in Practice
Chapter 15. General Principles
15.1 Milestones
15.2 Document Handling
15.3 Emergency Changes
Chapter 16. Configuration Management in Development Activities
16.1 Documentation Activities (Specifications and Design)
16.2 Coding
16.3 Integration
16.4 Test
16.5 Operational Use
16.6 Maintenance
Chapter 17. Managing Configurations for Project Support Functions
17.1 Project Management
17.2 Configuration Management
17.3 Quality Assurance
17.4 Subcontractor Management
Chapter 18. Managing Configurations in Different Development Models
18.1 Agile Development
18.2 Frequent-Build Technique
18.3 Integrated Product Development
18.4 Iterative Development
18.5 Sequential Development
Chapter 19. Managing Configurations for Different Product Types
19.1 Composite Systems
19.2 Multiplatform
19.3 Multivariants
19.4 Safety-Critical Products
19.5 Size of Product (Large and Small)
19.6 Web Applications
Chapter 20. Managing Configurations under Special Conditions
20.1 Multisite Development (Geographic Distribution)
20.2 Multiple Stakeholders
20.3 Parallel Development
20.4 Tool Support
Chapter 21. Managing Configurations for Cross-Organizational Functions
21.1 Company Infrastructure
21.2 Cross-Organizational Objects
21.3 External Reuse Component Development
21.4 Internal Asset Development (Product-Line Approach)
21.5 Quality System, Including Process Management
Part V: Improving Configuration Management
Chapter 22. Getting Started on Configuration Managementup to Capability Level 1
22.1 How to Get Started from Nothing
22.2 First Steps Toward Configuration Management
22.3 Experiences in Implementing Configuration Management
Chapter 23. Planning Configuration Managementup to Capability Level 2
23.1 General Planning Advice
23.2 Table of Contents for a Configuration Management Plan
23.3 Configuration Management Plan: Introduction
23.4 Configuration Management Plan: Management and Relations to the Environment
23.5 Configuration Management Plan: Activities
23.6 Configuration Management Plan: Schedule
23.7 Configuration Management Plan: Tools, Techniques, and Methods
Chapter 24. Processes for Configuration Managementup to Capability Level 3
24.1 Processes in General
24.2 Configuration Management ProcessesOverview
24.3 Configuration Management ProcessModel Examples
Chapter 25. Continuous Improvement of Configuration Managementup to Capability Level 4 and 5
25.1 General Software Process Improvement Advice
25.2 Metrics for Controlling Configuration Management Performance
25.3 Analyzing Metrics for Control and Improvement
Chapter 26. Tool Support for Configuration Management
26.1 Classes of Tools for Configuration Management
26.2 Organizational Considerations
26.3 Selecting a Configuration Management Tool
26.4 Requirements for Configuration Management Tools
26.5 Requirements for the Tool Supplier
26.6 Customizing Configuration Management Tools
Appendix A. Configuration Management Process Model: A Software Code Example
Appendix B. Configuration Management Process Model: A Tracing Example
Using Tracythe Tracing Tool
Appendix C. Agile SCM
Keeping Agile Projects Safe
Mapping Terms for the Agile Project
Change Control
Identification and Storage
Change Authorization
Integration and Build Management
Status Reporting
Glossary
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