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Software Configuration Management

Curriculum Module
This 1990 module examines configuration management, including configuration item identification, change reporting and evaluation, change execution, tool evaluation and use, version control, and management principles related to configuration control.
Publisher

Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-87-CM-004
DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6584081.v1

Abstract

Software configuration management encompasses the disciplines and techniques of initiating, evaluating, and controlling change to software products during and after the development process. It emphasizes the importance of configuration control in managing software production. 

This module is intended to be an in-depth consideration of configuration management, including configuration item identification, change reporting and evaluation, change execution, tool evaluation and use, version control, and management principles related to configuration control.