Title: Software Configuration Management: Advances in Software Development Environments

Author(s): Peter Feiler, Susan Dart

Abstract: This paper discusses software configuration management (SCM) as a key element of software engineering, and a key component of software development and maintenance environments. SCM is examined from the perspectives of a control function and a support function. Support for SCM in environments is assessed in terms of the state of practice and the state of the art. Recent advances in functionality supporting the management of software evolution through SCM, as found in a number of commercially available environments, are discussed and observations of certain trends are made.

Table of Contents

• Introduction Introduction of terms and outline of paper
• SCM: A Key to Software Engineering
  • A Control Function
  • A Support Function
• SCM: A Key to Software Development Environments
  • State of Practice
  • State of the Art
• Support for Managing Software Evolution
  • Workspace Management
  • Management of Manufacturing and Manufactured Objects
  • Configuration Composition and Evolution
  • Change, Concurrency, and Cooperation
  • Scopes of Visibility and Control
  • Product and Process
• Conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• References

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