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by Mark Bools
 Anything and everything related to lifecycle management.
My principal philosophy is embodied in a quote from Albert Einstein,
“Things should be made as simple as possible, by no simpler”. Mark
Bools is an expert in IT System Management. With over 20 years
experience in both system development and management Mark is amply
qualified to assist clients in optimising their IT systems
Feel free to pose questions and I will do what I can to answer.
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Written by Mark Bools
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Thursday, 18 February 2010 05:00 |
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…was the definition.
In this article I am going to lay out my definitions for some terminology that will become increasingly important as I develop my CMS model.
The terms I will be discussing are as follows.
Stream
Branch
Configuration Item
Revision
Configuration
Component
Repository
Configuration Management Database
Record
At this point I caution the reader that these definitions are deliberately quite loose and informal. Each will [...]  |
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Written by Mark Bools
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Wednesday, 17 February 2010 05:00 |
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Suppose you are in charge of a cliff edge. Your task is to maintain the views from the cliff, but keep visitors safe. You can construct a fences along the top of the cliff, to stop people falling over, or you can place ambulances at the foot of the cliff, to clear up once someone [...]  |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 10:35 |
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Written by Mark Bools
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 05:00 |
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Continuing my musings about a universal configuration management tool I’ve drafted the basic architecture. This is summarised in the following diagram (after the break).
This simple architecture serves to isolate the key levels of abstraction in the CMS.
As with all multi-layer architectures the important feature is that each layer creates an abstraction then allows layers it [...]  |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 10:36 |
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Written by Mark Bools
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 06:59 |
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Having spent the past couple of weeks with a client working through the issues that need to be carefully considered when version controlling software, and in particular how to manage and control parallel development. I have come to three conclusions:
People are often more afraid of the perceived problems than the practical realities of parallel development.
People [...]  |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 10:36 |
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Written by Mark Bools
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 14:57 |
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A common objection to using parallel development is the fear of the inevitable merging required to reintegrate the changes as the development proceeds. In this post I will take a look at some of the issues that arise from managing parallel development and, perhaps more importantly, provide some guidance on how to avoid the pitfalls [...]  |
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 February 2010 10:36 |
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