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Association for Configuration and Data Management ACDM An independent non profit professional society established in 1991 to be the premier professional organization ...

The ACME project started at http://acme.bradapp.net as an attempt to collect and organize best practices for software configuration management (particularly for ...

nop AllChange Intasoft http://www.intasoft.net/ A single integrated Configuration Management support system. It provides an active support environment for product ...

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) An organization that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards for nearly all industries. It is ...

American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) A seven bit code adopted as a standard to represent specific data characters in computer systems, and ...

Abject Project Etymologically, a project is something thrown forwards . It describes thus an intention , a consistent vision in the future which unifies and gives ...

nop AccuRev http://www.accurev.com/ Also see the AccuRev FAQ Pages AccuRev SCM is a client server software configuration management system that runs ...

AccuRev FAQ Originally compilled from customer questions. Also see the AccuRev Documentation 1 Where can I get an overview of AccuRev/CM's special concepts ...

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Aldon Affiniti Aldon http://www.aldon.com Affiniti has been replaced by Aldon Lifecycle Manager PatrickEgan 30 Dec 2002

The Agile Alliance : moved from AgileDevelopment A non profit organization dedicated to promoting the concepts of agile software development, and helping organizations ...

AgileDevelopment Whats your definition of AgileDevelopment? : Refers to the speed of operations within an organization and speed in responding to customers (reduced ...

the Agile Manifesto We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: Individuals ...

Agile SCM Also see Agile SCM Articles and ContinuousIntegration ! The Role of SCM in Agile Software Development Excerpt from Stephen Berczuk and Brad Appleton ...

Agile SCM Articles Articles on the subject of Agile SCM or ( Agile Development and Software Configuration Management ) Also see articles on Continuous ...

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Aldon/CMS Aldon http://www.aldon.com Aldon/CMS is an iSeries (AS/400) change management system designed to bring control, automation, tools and information to ...

Aldon Lifecycle Manager Aldon http://www.aldon.com Aldon Lifecycle Manager is a process centric software configuration and change management solution built for ...

Aldon Lifecycle Manager (iSeries Edition) http://wwww.aldon.com Aldon Lifecycle Manager (iSeries Edition) is the leading Software Configuration Management (SCM) ...

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Computer Associates AllFusion Application Life Cycle Management AllFusion™ is an end to end family of application life cycle management solutions for designing, ...

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Analysis 1 To separate into elemental parts or basic principles so as to determine the nature of the whole. 2 A course of reasoning showing that a certain result ...

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Anthill Build Management Server Anthill Pro is a software BuildManagement server for the enterprise. With Anthill Pro, your entire team can be greeted each morning ...

Anthill Professional http://www.urbancode.com/products/anthillpro/default.jsp AnthillPro is a software build management server for the enterprise. It is truly a second ...

Application Software (IEEE) Software designed to fill specific needs of a user; for example, software for navigation, payroll, or process control . Contrast with ...

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As built vs. As Engineered Baseline Audit Form Quick form for manual or copy/paste format to compare as built engineering to as released engineering. Makes for simple ...

Assembly Language A low level programming language , that corresponds closely to the instruction set of a given computer, allows symbolic naming of operations and ...

AtoZed Software http://www.atozed.com The developers of FinalBuilder TateNeedham 19 Nov 2003

Audit 1 (IEEE) An independent examination of a work product or set of work products to assess compliance with specifications, standards, contractual agreements, or ...

From the context of AuditedDependencies It seems I was blind to the fact that auditing is ambiguous, and seems to be interpreted in the context of verification ...

Audit Trail 1 (ISO) Data in the form of a logical path linking a sequence of events, used to trace the transactions that have affected the contents of a record ...

Audited Dependencies From GenericSemantics Genericity is a tradeoff. A generic structure should scale well, and thus allow to focus to wide or fine granularity ...

Avoid Cascading away indefinitely If we avoid to merge back to where we branched off, i.e. to either /main or an integration branch, it seems that we would cascade ...

Avoid Trivial Merges The purpose of merging is to achieve convergence, thus to reduce accidental and useless diversity. This is in line with the motto of SCM: Share ...

BASIC An acronym for Beginners All purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, a high level programming language intended to facilitate learning to program in an interactive ...

Bad Advices It is often easier to keep track of bad advices, than of best practices, and for good reasons, but this will be one entry here. Let's try: Best Practices ...

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Baseline A specification or product that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon, that serves as the basis for further development, and that can be changed only ...

Base ClearCase FAQs nop : Base ClearCase designates ClearCase without UCM . The first FAQ of Base ClearCase could be: do not use UCM, but as the rest of ...

Base ClearCase FAQ 1.1.2: setview in scripts doesn't work Running "setview" without the " exec" flag starts a new shell. The following contents was found previously ...

Base ClearCase FAQ 1.1.8: What perl should I use? This is more of a frequently made answer than a frequently asked question, however the answer is often wrong, so ...

(Base) ClearCase FAQ: 1.2.16 If I mkelem of a Directory, which is a view private object, I get the "Cleartool Error:Can't create directory element because "directory ...

(Base) ClearCase FAQ 1.2.7: How to perform mass checkins? On Unix: % cleartool lsco s cview me avobs fmt 'ci nc "%n"\n' cleartool The commands above will fail ...

Base ClearCase FAQ: 1.2.8 What is an evil twin? For reasons essentially bound to the management of a world under evolution, there cannot be full agreement on terminology ...

Base ClearCase FAQ 1.3.5: What was the last label type created in this vob? Solution $ ct lshis all fmt "%d %n %o\n" since today grep mktype head 1 Details ...

Base ClearCase FAQ 1.3.6: How to use annotate to produce a greppable output (file elements)? See here for directory elements. Solution At least temporary... on an ...

Base ClearCase FAQ: 1.3.6. How to use annotate to produce a greppable output (directory elements)? See here for file elements. The annotate tool is mostly interesting ...

(Base) ClearCase FAQ: 1.4.1 Why do people put /main/0 at the end of a config spec? This is a good interview question... A typical development config spec looks like ...

Base ClearCase FAQ: 1.5.8 What is in lost found? How to clean it? In lost found ClearCase puts all elements which are not referenced anymore. Imagine you remove ...

(Base) ClearCase FAQ: 1.7.1 Commonly used triggers? Some links can be found both from the IBM web site, and from several independent sources. Here are a few aceptable ...

Base ClearCase FAQ 1.7.4: subversion has the concept of atomic check ins. Does clearcase have this capability? With subversion atomic check ins, a complete set of ...

Base ClearCase FAQ: 1.7.5: How to disable triggers? Answer As vob owner, lock them obsolete: ct lock rep obs trtype: offending trigger type You can list the trigger ...

Configuration Management Benefits Originally from UCM Central All too often, CM is viewed only as a costly and time consuming effort to be either ignored ...

Bad Advices: Best Practices What less obvious than the advice to follow best practices? Wait a minute? If everybody follows the best practices, who generates better ...

Biased FAQ After I had written the don't use UCM FAQ answer, I got the following reply: nop : if your ambition is to add an entry to the ClearCase FAQ the bare ...

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This page moved to Branching And Merging BradAppleton 15 Dec 2004

Branch Based Rules in Config Specs This is in the context of (base) ClearCase, and more specifically of branch uses. One can specify element .../some branch ...

Branch: Definition Branch is a uniquely identified sub namespace WITHIN the name space of the version tree of a Configuration Item family. In other words, branch ...

Example of the branch related ClearCase concepts $ pwd /vob/myvob foo.c : A name of the Configuration Item (a Configuration Item namespace ...

Branch Off the root of the version tree We have reviewed that we should: create new branches for changes avoid merging back where we branched off avoid ...

Branch: Yes ! Merge: No! I'll try to describe and advocate here a novel branching strategy. This builds on ClearCase, and is valid mostly in the context of support ...

Branches FAQ This page contains both brief and more detailed answers related to branching and bases on the branch concept as it is defined in ClearCase. Definition ...

Branches Pros and standard use This is thought of in the context of ClearCase, and more precisely of a new branching strategy. It is surely valid in a broader scope ...

Branches FAQ: How many branches do we need? The short answer is ... as many as you wish. For example, (at least) one per developer. Why? Because : it provides ...

Branching and Merging Resources A list of resources to information about Branching and Merging for Parallel Development initiated 23 Feb 2004, BradAppleton Attempting ...

Configuration Management Branching Strategy Originally from UCM Central This article describes three key branching models used in Software Engineering projects ...

Bug A fault in a program which causes the program to perform in an unintended or unanticipated manner. See: anomaly , defect , error , exception , fault ...

Rational buildForge nop IBM Acquired '07 IBM, Inc http://www.buildforge.com BuildForge has features like: Running and scheduling builds by web browsers and ...

Build Intelligence From the critique of Yet Another SCM Manifesto I am trying hard to get something out of this discussion with Frank (I hope it would be with others ...

Build Management Automated, repeatable procedures that speed the build process, improve build accuracy and make it easier to create and maintain multiple versions ...

C A general purpose high level programming language . Created for use in the development of computer operating systems software. It strives to combine the power ...

C An object oriented high level programming language. PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

CASE Computer Aided Software Engineering. An automated system for the support of software development including an integrated tool set, i.e., programs, which facilitate ...

Change Control/Advisory Board Agenda and Minutes nop : Originally from UCM Central nop : This template was based on the IEEE template IEEE 828.1:1990 ...

ClearCase International Users Group (CCIUG) Attachments List nop : see other ClearCasePages on this CMWiki The IBM developerWorks ClearCase Forum doesn't ...

: I'm looking for some information about the differences between traditional software CM and CM for web development if there is any. I just found out that CM is recommended ...

nop CMBoK #8482; Configuration Management Body of Knowledge This topic has been initiated as a way to collaborate on a standard Body of Knowledge for Configuration ...

Previous: Standards, Process, Resources Next: Contributors and Reviewers Configuration Management Body of Knowledge Appendix B: A Brief Description of our Efforts ...

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CM Change Control So, as one speaks admittedly of controlling the changes in the (CM) Change Management, one ought to call it actually Change Control rather than ...

CM Cost Effectiveness Here is something that I present to the different teams at my corporation as a selling document for CM. It is formulated from Alexis Leon's ...

CM Metaphors and Analogies #TopOfPage This page is for describing various metaphors and analogies people use to explain what CM is to people who don't yet know or ...

CMstat Tool Topic Page CMstat, www.cmstat.com, is an oracle based CM tool. We currently use it at our company for hardware release management. The database encompasses ...

Publications Buckley, Fletcher J., Implementing Configuration Management: Hardware, Software, and Firmware. New York: The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers ...

Synergy\Change Previously named CM Synergy and before that, Continuus CM Telelogic http://www.telelogic.com CM Synergy delivers comprehensive lifecycle support ...

CM Synergy Frequently Asked Questions Questions (Generated automatically from sections below) (To add a question, just add an entry to the answers ; ) ) ...

IBM CMVC was a tool from the 1990's that meshed defect tracking and source management into a single process. Files were checked into bundles called Tracks that could ...

Configuration Management Yellow Pages A list of CM resources, produts and other valuable links orginally created by André van der Hoek and hosted by CM Today . ...

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CM and Databases #TopOfPage Information and resources on the subject of CM for databases and database development (including version control of databases, schemas ...

CM or SCM? MarcGirod 23 Jan 2003 This has been consolidated to CMversusSCM PatrickEgan 23 Jan 2003

CM versus SCM? It seems we have separate lists of definitions for Software Configuration Management and for Configuration Management. Are these different? If so, what ...

COBOL Acronym for COmmon Business Oriented Language. A high level programming language intended for use in the solution of problems in business data processing ...

COTS Commercial, Off The Shelf Software. Also: Configurable, Off The Shelf Software

(From the Website) ComponentSoftware RCS (CS RCS) is a powerful, inexpensive version control system for Windows. Based on the widely used GNU RCS, it is fully integrated ...

CVS CVS is the Concurrent Versions System. It is an open source version control tool. It is available here: http://www.nongnu.org/cvs/ . From the CVS Introduction ...

CVSNT CVSNT for Linux, Windows, Unix and Mac OS X is a modern version of the CVS Concurrent Versioning System. It is an open source version control tool. It ...

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Limitations in Cascading Branches Summary The string length of the version extended path is a limiting factor. Above 128 characters, the processing time doubles. ...

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Change Control The processes, authorities for, and procedures to be used for all changes that are made to the computerized system and/or the system's data. Change ...

Change Control Board : What is a change control board (or "CCB")? How does it differ from a Configuration Control Board ? NOTE: There has been an interesting ...

nop ChangeMan DS Serena Software http://www.serena.com Automates the complex, tedious task of managing changes to multi level, multi platform software applications ...

nop ChangeMan ZMF Serena Software http://www.serena.com Software Change Manager for z/OS and OS/390 automates changes to mainframe applications, allowing you to ...

Change Management. The discipline of identifying, assessing and processing changes and customizations to packaged application suites. Typically, a subset or extension ...

DESIGNING CHANGE REQUEST WORKFLOWS: http://mariacher.pbwiki.com/f/CM bug workflow.pdf By Eric Mariacher ABSTRACT: There are two kinds of possible change requests in ...

Change Request A formal application for modification to any configuraiton item including but not limited to code, hardware, documentation, workflow, process or ...

CM.jharris0318 06 Jun 2007

Change Request Form and Logs nop : Originally from UCM Central nop : This template was based on the IEEE template IEEE 828.1:1990 ...

Change Request A formal application for modification to any configuraiton item including but not limited to code, hardware, documentation, workflow, process or ...

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nop Rational ClearCase IBM Product Page http://www 3.ibm.com/software/awdtools/clearcase Customer Page http://www 3.ibm.com/software/awdtools/clearcase/support ...

Essential Links Online manuals Technical bulletins What version of nop ClearCase is supported on what OS Architecture basics albd server process ...

ClearCase Best Practices nop : originally compiled by Brad Appleton at http://acme.bradapp.net/clearcase nop : see other ClearCase Pages on this CMWiki ...

ClearCase FAQs Frequently Asked Questions about ClearCase (with Answers) nop : originally compiled by Christian Goetze at http://www.miaow.com/clearcase/faq ...

ClearCase License Mechanism with nop FAQ nop : originally compiled by Yossi Sidi on CCIUG nop : see other ClearCasePages on this CMWiki DavidBaird ...

Er... MultiSite is orthogonal to the distinction between Base ClearCase and UCM, so this page is either misnamed, or misplaced, isn't it? MarcGirod 12 Sep 2005 ...

ClearCase Pages A list of ClearCase related pages on the CMWiki. Below is a set of Wiki links to pages containing specific information about ClearCase and it use ...

Add by rdcwayx Disable to delete element: cleartool mktrtype element all preop rmelem nuser cmadmin c "No one can delete an element" exec "ccperl e die()" ...

ClearCase Triggers $ nop : see other ClearCase Pages on this CMWiki A ClearCase Trigger is a an executable program that you create that you can make Clearcase ...

ClearCase Unified Change Management $ : see other ClearCasePages on this CMWiki Questions (Generated automatically from sections below) (To add a question ...

ClearCase Unified Change Management Triggers nop : see other ClearCasePages on this CMWiki These triggers are designed to work in nop ClearCase 4.2 nop ...

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clearfsimport clearfsimport is a relatively recent tool in the ClearCase toolset, to import and update a vob copy of a directory tree. It is mentioned in a couple ...

Rational ClearQuest is a powerful and highly flexible defect and change tracking system that captures and manages all types of change requests throughout the development ...

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clearmake can be seen as the gem of (base) ClearCase, the key to the conceptual integrity of the original design. It is to date without real competition (with the ...

Client Server A term used in a broad sense to describe the relationship between the receiver and the provider of a service. In the world of microcomputers, the term ...

SCM Process and Activities Originally from UCM Central Effective Configuration Management can be defined as stabilising the evolution of software products ...

CM and eXtreme Programing Originally from UCM Central While having a few drinks at the pub, a Software Engineer announced that Xtreme Programing would soon ...

CM and Tools While SCM tools come with their own SCM philosophies, creating our (not necessarily perceived) SCM realities, what do the CM tools do? Or rather what ...

SCM: a CM Antithesis From CM versus SCM CM and SCM are tightly related, because SCM is born from CM, as its antithesis. CM focuses on splitting the work, ...

Discussion of the opinion that SCM is CM's antithesis Frank Schophuizen Brad Appleton Marc Girod on dimensions, and on complexity. MarcGirod ...

Discussion of the opinion that SCM is CM's antithesis: Brad's opinion (replying also to Frank): : The antithesis as presented by Marc is rather extraordinary ...

Discussion of the opinion that SCM is CM's antithesis: Frank's opinion: The antithesis as presented by Marc is rather extraordinary, and it does not reflect the approach ...

CM Crossroads An online community and resource center for Configuration Management. The CM Crossroads website at http://www.cmcrossroads.com hosts interactive discussion ...

One More Attempt at CM History There is an ambiguity on the term Configuration Management (CM). This used to be a concept in the OSI model of ISO Network Management ...

The Impossibility of CM In his answer to a claim about SCM and CM, Brad described the multi dimensional complexity faced by CM. Paradoxically, he didn't find it an ...

CM Integrations Table of Contents (Generated automatically from sections below) The VCP/RevML Project http://public.perforce.com/public/revml/index.html ...

Library term has become popular in CM, denoting CM data storage, and replacing such terms as e.g. database , repository or registry . Perhaps, the choice of the ...

CM Metrics Below we list a few simple CM metrics that we have used to support the CM audit process. However, be careful, the real power of metrics comes from the ...

CM Outsider point of view From the three different definitions of SCM, the "management of Software Configurations" is the SCM choice. CM's choice is quite clumsy and ...

Configuration Management Standards Originally from UCM Central Looking for official CM standards is somewhat confusing. Below we try and make it easier for ...

CM Templates Quick templates to help you start implementing a CM solution. Originally From UCM Central Gap Analysis Questionaire Evaluating Version ...

Change and Configuration Management Tools #TopOfPage This list can include all the various types of related tools for Version Control, Bug Tracking, Change Tracking ...

CM Tradition and SCM Culture From PreHistory CM (before SCM) is characteristic of a tradition . In this tradition, the knowledge is individual. Information binds ...

Configuration Management Wiki Web Welcome to the CmWiki.CM web. A wiki wiki web dedicated to providing information and open collaboration about general Configuration ...

Code audit An independent review of source code by a person, team, or tool to verify compliance with software design documentation and programming standards. Correctness ...

Code Co op is an affordable peer to peer version control system. All project data, including the history of changes, is replicated on each project member's computer ...

Code Inspection A manual formal testing and error detection technique where the programmer reads source code , statement by statement, to a group who ask questions ...

Code Review A meeting at which software code is presented to project personnel, managers, users, customers, or other interested parties for comment or approval. Contrast ...

Code Walkthrough A manual testing error detection technique where program source code logic is traced manually by a group with a small set of test cases, while ...

Coding Standards Written procedures describing programming style conventions specifying rules governing the use of individual constructs provided by the programming ...

nop CollabNet http://www.collab.net CollabNet Enterprise Edition CollabNet Enterprise Edition, the leading solution for distributed software development, integrates ...

Merant Collage Merant http://www.merant.com/Products/WCM/collage/home.asp Merant Collage enables customers to rapidly design, create, deploy and manage their website ...

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The Committer Model of Open Source Projects like apache or subversion have relatively small lists of committers who can cooptate new members on the basis of ...

Communications Basics The SCM Communications page deals with the theory of communications in the context of SCM. Let's give a try to practice just applying it. Communications ...

Companies and Open Source Open Source is unavoidable. It managed to force its way into our daily world, to a level Free Software never achieved, even if it did so ...

Compiler 1 (IEEE) A computer program that translates programs expressed in a high level language into their machine language equivalents. 2 The compiler takes ...

Compilation Translating a program expressed in a problem oriented language or a procedure oriented language into object code . Contrast with assembling, interpret ...

See http://www.componentsoftware.com/ for more information. AndreasMuegge 31 Mar 2005

Computer Language. A language designed to enable humans to communicate with computers. See: programming language . PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

Concept Phase The initial phase of a software development project, in which user needs are described and evaluated through documentation; e.g., statement of needs ...

Configuration. A product build that includes all the files, objects, components, and other deliverables, of the correct revision number, needed to create an executable ...

Configuration Control An element of configuration management, consisting of the evaluation, coordination, approval or disapproval, and implementation of changes to ...

Configuration Control Board In theory this is different from a Change Control Board . Both are commonly abbreviated as "CCB", and in practice they are sometimes ...

Configuration Identification An element of configuration management , consisting of selecting the configuration items for a system and recording their functional ...

Configuration Item A discrete document, drawing, software element or hardware unit whose development is to be controlled and tracked. Items have a development history ...

Configuration Management #TopOfPage Use this page to record the many descriptions for Configuration Management and CM Terms Table of Contents (Generated automatically ...

ConfigurationManagement Best Practices Does anyone know of any GoodReferencesForBestPractice in CM? Here is a random start... CheckInAndOutOften IntegrateOften ...

The Configuration Management Kit is a set of documentational resources designed to guide you through a CM implementation. On board are design templates, draft implementation ...

This section is for a collection of ConfigurationManagementBestPractices and processes around how we work with ConfigurationManagement on projects: From a developers ...

Content management or Web Content Management The creation, organization, delivery and maintenance of website content, including graphics, copy, links, interactive ...

Continuous Integration A practice from the AgileDevelopment method Extreme Programming in which the code base is built and tested not merely daily, but far more ...

Control and Management The proponents of CM often use the words management and control in a sloppy way, to mean about the same thing (the use of the word control ...

To highlight the etymological difference between the terms "to control" and "to manage": when one manages , one acts as a subject , handling the situation and ...

Copernician Revolution Software is a young discipline. It is still in its infancy. Following the old Haeckelian idea, it has to retrace the history of its species ...

CounterAgileSentiment An expressed thought or opinion that implies AgileDevelopment is not all it's cracked up to be. People expressing CounterAgileSentiments ...

CM.ram007 09 Jul 2007

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CxOne http://www.construx.com/cxone A software engineering framework to improve our practices and provide reusable project materials. CxOne is available to the software ...

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Data Analysis 1 Evaluation of the description and intended use of each data item in the software design to ensure the structure and intended use will not result ...

Database A collection of interrelated data, often with controlled redundancy, organized according to a schema to serve one or more applications. The data are stored ...

Data Dictionary 1 A collection of the names of all data items used in a software system, together with relevant properties of those items; e.g., length of data ...

Data Structure A physical or logical relationship among data elements, designed to support specific data manipulation functions. PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

Daversy Daversy is an open source system for managing structural changes to relational databases (an SCM for the RDBMS). If you have ever worked on a project with ...

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I am the forum moderator for General CM. DavidBaird 07 Oct 2006

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Dead Code Program statements which can never execute during program operation. Such code can result from poor coding style, or can be an artifact of previous versions ...

Debugging Determining the exact nature and location of a program error, and fixing the error. PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

Decide in Advance From Yet another SCM Manifesto I don't know exactly what makes biology a "science in which information cannot be decided in advance", but surely ...

Defect Management Form and Logs nop : Originally from UCM Central nop : This template was based on the IEEE template IEEE 828.1:1990 ...

Traditionally, we have considered the target environment as one software configuration, i.e. assumed implicitly that it obeyed the requirement of satisfying the exclusion ...

Derived Object The concept of derived object comes from base ClearCase, in which it is quite essential. UCM doesn't nearly accord it as much of importance. It is obviously ...

Derived Object As Stereotypical Configuration Item Traditional SCM, as well as CM, is plagued by a revision blindness: that configuration items would necessarily ...

SCM is Derived Object Management ClearCase brought in some novelty, around 1994, in the already long history of CM/SCM. Mainly, derived object management, made possible ...

Design Description A document that describes the design of a system or component. Typical contents include system or component architecture, control logic , data ...

Design Phase The period of time in the software life cycle during which the designs for architecture, software components, interfaces, and data are created, documented ...

Design Review A process or meeting during which a system, hardware, or software design is presented to project personnel, managers, users, customers, or other interested ...

Design Specification A specification that documents how a system is to be built. It typically includes system or component structure, algorithms, control logic ...

DesignSync is the version management tool in Sychronicity's DeveloperSuites range of products. It is integrated with ProjectSync . StephenBaynes 23 Apr ...

Developer A person, or group, that designs and/or builds and/or documents and/or configures the hardware and/or software of computerized systems. PatrickEgan 18 ...

Synchrnicity's DeveloperSuites is an integrated suite of tools consisting of DesignSync and ProjectSync. It is mainly oriented at IC design data and supports an integration ...

Development Methodology A systematic approach to software creation that defines development phases and specifies the activities, products, verification procedures ...

PVCS Dimensions http://www.serena.com Establish Powerful Change Management Across Your Enterprise PVCS Dimensions provides, in a single change management framework ...

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Documentation Technical data or information, including computer listings and printouts, in human readable form, that describe or specify the design or details, explain ...

Documentation Plan A management document describing the approach to a documentation effort. The plan typically describes what documentation types are to be prepared ...

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Don't Use UCM This may be considered as FAQ #0 of (base) ClearCase FAQ. It is acknowledgedly controversial: consider it the pending of an implicit equivalent preliminary ...

Dragnet Dragnet is a web based bug tracking system from SourceGear built on NET and SQL Server. Item types Dragnet can track other kinds of items besides bugs ...

DynamSoft Corporation Every year, thousands of customers turn to DynamSoft Corporation for world leading version control and issue tracking technologies. At the core ...

Are dynamic views still useful given the speed of current processors? This question is part of the SCM FAQ, which doesn't mean the answer is not controversial. The ...

Dynamsoft Corporation Dynamsoft Corporation is a leading developer of version control and issue tracking software applications. Dynamsoft understands what ...

EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

Error A discrepancy between a computed, observed, or measured value or condition and the true, specified, or theoretically correct value or condition. See: anomaly ...

Exception An event that causes suspension of normal program execution. Types include addressing exception, data exception, operation exception, overflow exception ...

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Effective Meetings Every now and then, one hears of ways to make meetings effective. Most of the time, it is question of agenda, schedules, minutes, action points ...

GloriaHui 30 Sep 2005 Electric Cloud, Inc. Electric Cloud was founded by software technologists, John Ousterhout and John Graham Cumming, tired of seeing software ...

Embedded Software Software that is part of a larger system and performs some of the requirements of that system; e.g., software used in an aircraft or rapid transit ...

Emergence and Sedimentation Modernity , once so successful, bold, and ambitious, was built on the myth of a consistent and well organized world, the structure of ...

End User 1 A person, device, program, or computer system that uses an information system for the purpose of data processing in information exchange. 2 A person ...

nop AllFusion Endevor Change Manager Computer Associates http://www.ca.com Formerly available as: Endevor for OS/390 and Endevor Enables effective management ...

This is a suite of tools to be used in support of collaborative product life cycle management processes. See Enovia MatrixOne Niek.eck 08 Nov 2007

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Error Detection Techniques used to identify errors in data transfers. See: check summation, cyclic redundancy check CRC , parity check, longitudinal redundancy. ...

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Configuration Management Tool Evaluation Matrix Originally from UCM Central Choosing a Unified Configuration Management tool ...

#!/bin/perl use ClearCase::ClearPrompt qw(:all); use ClearCase::Argv qw(ctsystem ctexec ctqx); # Deal with the possibility of no display on Unix. BEGIN { $ENV{ATRIA ...

Evolution Evolution is a robust source control and asset management solution offering advanced functionality for managing project development. Installing in less than ...

FAQ: What features should I expect from a VCS? First, I had to point the terminology mess... What do you mean by a VCS ? Then I'd comment on some replies given in ...

Extreme Programming (XP) A deliberate and disciplined approach to software development. This methodology also emphasizes team work. Managers, customers, and developers ...

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List of Frequency Asked Questions pages: AccuRev ClearCase ClearCase UCM CM Synergy SCM at large FrankSchophuizen 25 Apr 2003

FORTRAN An acronym for FORmula TRANslator, the first widely used high level language. Intended primarily for use in solving technical problems in mathematics, engineering ...

FTP File Transfer Protocol. 1 Communications protocol that can transmit binary and ASCII data files without loss of data. See: Kermit, Xmodem, Ymodem, Zmodem. ...

Fault Tree Analysis The identification and analysis of conditions and factors which cause or contribute to the occurrence of a defined undesirable event, usually one ...

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FileNET Corporation www.filenet.com What they say about themselves: FileNet ECM solutions are designed to give your company a competitive edge whenever there is a ...

FinalBuilder VSoft Technologies Software http://www.finalbuilder.com FinalBuilder is a build automation tool designed specifically for Windows. It has built ...

First Stage in SCM History Historically, the first SCM tools have been 'revision control systems'. At some point, the term changed to 'version control', I don't remember ...

Flowchart or Flow Diagram. 1 (ISO) A graphical representation in which symbols are used to represent such things as operations, data, flow direction, and equipment ...

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Formal Qualification Review The test, inspection, or analytical process by which a group of configuration items comprising a system is verified to have met specific ...

Forum or Wiki? The CM Crossroads site features both a Wiki, and a 'Forum'. There is an obvious disagreement about which is appropriate to what. Several participants ...

Forward Schedule of Change nop : Originally from UCM Central nop : This template was based on the IEEE template IEEE 828.1:1990 ...

4 1 View of Architecture The creators of UML and Philippe Kruchten, speak of a 4 1view of architecture in terms of: a development/component view a deployment ...

Frank Schophuizen Senior Consultant TOPIC Software Services B.V. Visiting address Eindhovenseweg 32 c 5683 KH Best the Netherlands Mail address P.O. Box 440 5680 ...

Free Beer, Free Speech We were used to deal with the freedom of software (among other intellectual property ) from the (already reductive) legal point of view. ...

Functional Analysis Verifies that each safety critical software requirement is covered and that an appropriate criticality level is assigned to each software element ...

Functional Configuration Audit An audit conducted to verify that the development of a configuration item has been completed satisfactorily, that the item has ...

Functional Requirement A requirement that specifies a function that a system or system component must be able to perform. PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

GAP Analysis Questionaire Originally from UCM Central GAP Analysis Configuration Management The following questionnaire form is a generic GAP analysis ...

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FAQ: What are the general benefits of using a version control system? First, the terminology mess disclaimer: what do you mean by a VCS ? Some replies given in comp ...

Generalized Configuration Item I believe that with the concept of late identification, I have better explained than before, how derived objects could be used to extend ...

Generic Semantics In the context of SharedUnderstanding SCM is more than just accounting: it can bring in semantics. These must only be generic (with respect ...

GigaByte Gigabyte. Approximately one billion bytes; precisely 230 or 1,073,741,824 bytes. See: KiloByte, MegaByte. PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

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Brad Appletons SCM best practices Perforce Software High level Best Practices in Software Configuration Management The book Software Configuration Management ...

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Graphic Software Specifications Documents such as charts, diagrams, graphs which depict program structure, states of data, control, transaction flow, HIPO, and cause ...

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nop AllFusion Harvest Change Manager Computer Associates http://www.ca.com A comprehensive, integrated, repository based change and configuration management solution ...

Heavy Documentation From discussion on AgileDevelopment: : So what's the point of emphasizing the heavy documentation then, why do organizations insist doing it ...

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My name is Henrik Jönsson. I work for Bombardier Transportation in Sweden as a software engineer. My main duities are configuration management, coding and project ...

Key dates in Hardware/Software Configuration Management History #TopOfPage Listed below are some key dates in the development of SCM. Note: The dates are based on ...

History of CM Discussion Discussion and commentary on the content of the HistoryOfCM page on this wiki. Hmm. The link on WebHome page said History of CM ...

Home merge One can consider the practice described in order to avoid trivial merges as a natural increment over the wisdom slowly gained in SCM history, and which ...

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IEC International Electrotechnical Commission. Geneva, Switzerland. An organization that sets standards for electronic products and components which are adopted by ...

(IEEE) Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers An organization involved in the generation and promulgation of standards. IEEE standards represent the formalization ...

iMAN Product is now called Teamcenter. GordonFleming 04 Nov 2004

IPGear was a tool supplied by Synchronicity. A company bought by MatrixOne, which later was bought by Dassault. It is replaced by another product, called "ENOVIA ...

ISO International Organization for Standardization. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva, Switzerland. An organization that sets international standards ...

ITIL IT Infrastructure Library For more on nop ITIL please visit ITILwiki A growing area in IT is the movement towards mature Service Management i.e. managing your ...

Mission: To be responsible for the effective control of assets and support the efficient management of incidents, problems and changes, contributing to the cost effective ...

Identification, Discrimination, Sameness Identification is universally recognized as one of the most basic functions of SCM. It is interesting to notice that it is ...

Ignorance, Indifference The split not share philosophy (or bias) of CM has an interesting side effect: because tasks are assigned to different people, according ...

Implementation Phase The period of time in the software life cycle during which a software product is created from design documentation and debugged ...

Implicit Branching Mercurial comes with a fresh approach to branching, at least to presenting it. You may not be aware of branching, until you pull somebody else ...

Sketching an Implementation of Incremental Types Rationale and design for this idea, in the context of label types. I think of using it to branch types as well ...

CM Related Associations Association for Configuration and Data Management (ACDM) National Association of IT Change Management (NAITCM) SteveKonieczka 16 Dec ...

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Infeasible Path A sequence of program statements that can never be executed. Syn: dead code . PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

Interface Analysis Evaluation of: 1 software requirements specifications with hardware, user, operator, and software interface requirements documentation, 2 ...

Interpreter A computer program that translates and executes each statement or construct of a computer program before translating and executing the next. The interpreter ...

JCL Job Control Language (IEEE) A language used to identify a sequence of jobs, describe their requirements to an operating system, and control their execution. ...

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Jam is a software build tool that makes building simple things simple and building complicated things manageable. It has been freely available as C source for many ...

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Kilobyte Approximately one thousand bytes. This symbol is used to describe the size of computer memory or disk storage space. Because computers use a binary number ...

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Bad Advices: Keep trunk pristine So what's wrong with this simple advice? Well, it assumes there is a trunk , it designates it in advance. Now, your system has a ...

KB Kilobyte Approximately one thousand bytes. This symbol is used to describe the size of computer memory or disk storage space. Because computers use a binary number ...

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Knowledge, Belief, Opinion In general, one can make no practical distinction between these three concepts. Making such a distinction is a matter of interpretation ...

LAN Local Area Network A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. It is made up of servers, workstations, a network operating ...

Incremental Label Families (Versioned Labels) I sketch here a design to work around problems identified with labels in the context of (base) ClearCase. This will be ...

Labeling patterns Branching (and merging) has traditionally be a sexy topic in SCM. Maybe because the known patterns are wrongly considered to apply across the huge ...

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Late Identification CM, traditional SCM, bound to version control or source management , assumes on early identification. Identification is bound there to the ...

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Life Cycle Period of time beginning when a software product is conceived and ending when the product is no longer available for use. The software life cycle is typically ...

ASG Life Cycle Manager™ (LCM™) for Change Control Allen Systems Group http://www.asg.com Formerly know as CCC/LCM from PLATINUM technology and SofTool ASG Life ...

Life Cycle Methodology The use of any one of several structured methods to plan, design, implement, test. and operate a system from its conception to the termination ...

If anybody needs info/help you can contact me. One of the original development team for over 15 years MikeMills 25 Jun 2003

Linkage Editor. A computer program that creates a single load module from two or more independently translated object modules or load modules by resolving cross references ...

What's implicit in comparing LMU to CMM? The /main/LATEST assumption... The subversion book states the advantages of the Copy Modify Merge versioning model compared ...

Loader A program which copies other object programs from auxiliary external memory to main internal memory prior to its execution. PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002 ...

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Low Level Language. The advantage of assembly language is that it provides bit level control of the processor allowing tuning of the program for optimal speed ...

Million Instructions Per Second Execution speed of a computer. MIPS rate is one factor in overall performance. Bus and channel speed and bandwidth, memory speed, memory ...

Machine Code Computer instructions and definitions expressed in a form binary code that can be recognized by the CPU of a computer. All source code, regardless of ...

Machine Language. See: machine code . PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

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Mainframe Term used to describe a large computer. PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

/main/LATEST Syndrome In the absence of any branches, all the development happens in the main branch (on the main line ). This is of course deeply sub optimal, since ...

Maintenance Activities such as adjusting, cleaning, modifying, overhauling equipment to assure performance in accordance with requirements. Maintenance to a software ...

Manage Disagreements CM vs. SCM, rev 14 showed an example of disagreements over a long period of time, thus not likely to achieve convergence. This effect shows up ...

Use this to understand each vendors terms for the same concept: Concept ClearCase CVS Dimensions and here etc Get a file to change Check ...

Set MINIMALSKIN Marc Girod French Finnish, living in Ireland, working for LM Ericsson Software developer since 1985 (Pascal, Occam2, C , Perl) ClearCase ...

Alias account for Marc Girod. For a long time, I could not use the main account in the forums. MarcGirod 29 May 2007

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nop McCabe Software Inc. http://www.McCabe.com McCabe Software TRUEchange is a third generation software configuration management product that provides an ...

Megabyte MB Approximately one million bytes. Precisely 1024 K Bytes, 220 bytes, or 1,048,576 bytes. See: kilobyte . PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

Why not to Merge back Before we go to the advantages of in place delivery, one should consider the obvious fact that merging back to a main branch defeats all ...

SDRC is now part of UGS PLM Solutions http://www.ugs.com Metaphase is now called Teamcenter Enterprise http://www.ugs.com/products/teamcenter/ GordonFleming 04 ...

I am heading a development department developing platform components. I am very interested in discussing combination of agility, software product line engineering ...

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Modern vs Post modern I agree with Larry Wall that we live in a postmodern society, and that noticing it matters, especially in the realm of software engineering. ...

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Distribution The issue of distribution often gives rise to heated debate, in the context of SCM. Linus Torvalds uses it as a criterion to ridicule CVS and subversion ...

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The Mythical Fact What is scientific in a postmodern view, is not facts, but theories. Facts are not collected passively, but only obtained by designing tools and ...

National Institute for Standards and Technology NIST Previosuly National Bureau of Standards Gaithersburg, MD 20899. A federal agency under the Department of ...

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The objective is to introduce the concept of Change Management to developers of object oriented software, designers of hardware, and businesses that provide a service ...

The OSI model of ISO for Network Management defined five so called functional areas , merely for analysis purposes, even if these ended up structuring virtually every ...

JoeFarah 23 Sep 2004 Neuma Technology The CM Company CM is Neuma's flagship product: a Process Centric Configuration Management / Product Management tool which ...

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Lucent nmake is a make tool that has the ability to store state between makes. Thus it is able to better optimize the make process. It is not related to Microsoft ...

How to publish changes in place? (Also to avoid trivial merging). Several possible strategies, none of them without problems requiring special care: Publish by ...

Communications won't Improve with Presentations Somebody offered once again to improve communications by organizing technical presentations. I disagree on principle ...

Noncritical Code Analysis. 1 Examines software elements that are not designated safety critical and ensures that these elements do not cause a hazard. ...

The Number Analogy I am being told: : On the one hand it seems to me that the 'software' concept it important because configuration management should be done with ...

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Object Oriented Design OOD A software development technique in which a system or component is expressed in terms of objects and connections between those objects ...

Object Oriented Programming A technology for writing programs that are made up of self sufficient modules that contain all of the information needed to manipulate ...

Object In object oriented programming, A self contained module encapsulation of data and the programs services that manipulate process that data. PatrickEgan ...

Object Code (NIST) A code expressed in machine language "1"s and "0"s which is normally an output of a given translation process that is ready to be executed by ...

Object Oriented Language A programming language that allows the user to express a program in terms of objects and messages between those objects. Examples ...

object program A computer program that is the output of an assembler or compiler . PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

nop OmniTracker http://www.omninet.de OmniTracker is a professional Help Desk , Service Management , CRM and "Action and Request" Tracking system, available ...

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Ontology and Theology : Dimensions of Aristotelian Metaphysics Aristotle is largely an historical mystery. The books linked to his name were often written by disciples ...

Managing an Open Source Community We saw that: an Open Source community is a community of producers (not consumers ); members of such a community are ...

Open Source SCM The words forming the title are the result of multiple collisions (of semantically rich traditions), and hide a few interesting paradoxes. One relates ...

Openmake Catalyst Systems Corporation http://www.openmake.com Openmake represents an evolution in application build management technology designed to automate ...

Operation and Maintenance Phase. The period of time in the software life cycle during which a software product is employed in its operational environment ...

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Pascal A high level programming language designed to encourage structured programming practices. PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

PMBOK® A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge ( PMBOK® Guide) is a project management standard developed by the nonprofit Project Management Institute ...

The Project Management Institute (PMI) #TopOfPage The Project Management Institute, incorporated in 1969, was founded by five volunteers, with its headquarters in ...

PVCS Version Manager http://www.merant.com The industry standard for source code control, software configuration management (SCM), and protection of digital assets ...

Parabuild nop Viewtier Systems, Inc. http://www.viewtier.com Viewtier Parabuild Parabuild is a powerful automated build management server developed by Viewtier ...

FAQ: Path Space Branching a critique Summary Path space branching is more some sort of forking than real branching . It has some clear drawbacks with respect ...

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Patrick Egan Patrick Egan is the founder of CM Crossroads and the Editor in Chief of the Configuration Management Journal. Phone: 1(805) 683 1200 email: editor ...

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Problems With Labels This is in the context of (base) ClearCase, and more precisely of a new branching strategy. 1. Labels may overlap, so that the order of rules ...

Problems with time rules in config specs This is in the context of (base) ClearCase. One frequently sees the recommendation of using time rules in config specs ...

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Perceptions of SCM People often have a perception of SCM which is both shallow and narrow . They tend to consider SCM only as a support function, in the context ...

Perforce Software The Perforce SCM System features comprehensive software configuration management capabilities built around a scalable client/server architecture ...

Performance Requirement A requirement that imposes conditions on a functional requirement; e.g., a requirement that specifies the speed, accuracy, or memory usage ...

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Philosophy Matters The refusal to deal with philosophy, in the name of practicality, is itself a (degenerate) philosophy. It is also, at least it implies, a certain ...

Philosophy and Practice I got once again a reply such as: : This can be a philosophical discussion : ) but my goal is to get practical. I am of course not the ...

Philosophy and Software The unique tool of philosophy is language (concepts, one might think, but expressed in words: nothing exists but through language ). Software ...

Physical Configuration Audit An audit conducted to verify that a configuration item , as built, conforms to the technical documentation that defines it ...

Physical Requirement A requirement that specifies a physical characteristic that a system or system component must posses; e.g., material, shape, size, weight. PatrickEgan ...

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Politics and Communications The concept of communications may have completely opposed meanings. From a modern point of view, it binds to politics , and its archetype ...

Pragmatism and Blindness Pragmatism is most often invoked to stop a discussion, or to justify skipping a reflexion. This may at times be reasonable: we cannot spend ...

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Prehistory From CMversusSCM, continued in CmTradition Prehistory is history before writing, before there were written records. Thus history is implicitly history ...

Preliminary Design Review A review conducted to evaluate the progress, technical adequacy, and risk resolution of the selected design approach for one or more configuration ...

Process, Discipline, Law Traditional CM is about process enforcement , contrarily to SCM which is critically bound by the available tool support. CM describes ...

Program 1 (ISO) A sequence of instructions suitable for processing. Processing may include the use of an assembler , a compiler , an interpreter , or another ...

Program Inspection A manual testing technique in which program documents specifications requirements , source code or user manuals are examined in ...

Programming Language. A language used to express computer programs. See: computer language , high level language , low level language . PatrickEgan 18 ...

Project Plan (NIST) A management document describing the approach taken for a project. The plan typically describes work to be done, resources required, methods to ...

ProjectSync is the change managment tool in Sychronicity's DeveloperSuites range of products. It is integrated with DesignSync . StephenBaynes 23 Apr 2003 ...

Promotion management. Whether formal or informal, there are usually milestones or "promotion" levels in a product lifecycle, such as DEVELOPMENT TEST ALPHA BETA RELEASE ...

Publish to deliver instead of deliver to publish The long prehistorical CM tradition of doing the development in a single branch with the lack of tool support, has ...

An exercise in reviewing a product: pure::variants A significant part of the activity of SCM people goes in evaluating products they don't use, prospecting whether ...

Review: using pure::variants Usually in SCM, the specification of commonalities is the realm of identification , and produces configuration items, i.e. families of ...

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QA Quality Assurance 1 The planned systematic activities necessary to ensure that a component, module, or system conforms to established technical requirements ...

Quality and Quantity If you can measure it... it is quantity. Quality, by definition, escapes measurement. This doesn't mean that measurements are a bad thing. They ...

Quartet SCM Labs http://www.scmlabs.com Quartet is an easy to use, fully integrated, cross platform SCM solution that allows your entire development organization ...

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Rapid Prototyping A structured software requirements discovery technique which emphasizes generating prototypes early in the development process to permit early ...

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The Rationality of Decisions nop : ...the faulty premise that people (and especially management) make rational decisions. There is a naive idea (the so called ...

Razor Visible Systems http://www.visible.com An integrated, feature rich configuration management system providing process management, issue/problem tracking, ...

Reproduce SCM is about re producing. How is this different from producing again ? Reproducing should be significantly simpler, faster, safer, than producing ...

Record of change Documentation of changes made to the system. A record of change can be a written document or a database. Normally there are two associated with a ...

U suck! DougBurns 01 Jun 2005

In discussing on SCM and agility, people seem to assume that CM is somehow bureaucratic by necessity Brad writes about red tape , Carilda about meetings . Furthermore ...

Regression Analysis and testing A software V V task to determine the extent of V V analysis and testing that must be repeated when changes are made to any previously ...

Release The formal notification and distribution of an approved version . PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

Release Request Form $ Originally from UCM Central This template was based on the IEEE template IEEE 828.1:1990 : Surprisingly, an often neglected activity ...

Requirement 1 A condition or capability needed by a user to solve a problem or achieve an objective. 2 A condition or capability that must be met or possessed ...

Requirements Analysis 1 The process of studying user needs to arrive at a definition of a system, hardware, or software requirements. 2 The process of studying ...

Requirements Phase The period of time in the software life cycle during which the requirements , such as functional and performance capabilities for a software ...

Requirements review A process or meeting during which the requirements for a system, hardware item, or software item are presented to project personnel, managers ...

Revalidation Relative to software changes , revalidation means validating the change itself, assessing the nature of the change to determine potential ripple effects ...

Revision management. The storage of multiple "images" of the development files that comprise an application, which can be shared by multiple developers. With revision ...

SCM and Rhetorics The question how to convince others of the need for SCM is sometimes dealt with in a manner which focuses on the means to achieve conviction (rhetorics ...

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Risk assessment (DOD) A comprehensive evaluation of the risk and its associated impact. PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

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SCM Reading Recommendations Tell us about your recommendations among the SCM books and papers on the following pages: SCM Books SCM Papers If you don't see ...

SCM on SCM We have many definitions of Software Configuration Management . Is it a good or a bad thing? Henri Poincaré noticed in 1906 that there were numerous ...

SCons is an Open Source software construction tool that is, a build tool; an improved substitute for the classic Make utility; a better way to build software. What ...

SWEBoK Software Engineering Body of Knowledge See http://www.swebok.org for information and to download the latest version Chapter 7 of the guide is SoftwareConfigurationManagement ...

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Sablime is a Lucent Change Management tool. You can find more information about it at: http://www.bell labs.com/project/sablime/ It has an extensive system built ...

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SCM and Planning Often one reads that CM recommends, or enforces, Planning . One even considers the CM Plan as an essential document. This is paradoxical, and should ...

SCM and the System Being Managed From Yet another SCM Manifesto In complex systems, the ones that matter, the SCM becomes part of the system being managed itself ...

SCM Books #TopOfPage nop : originally compiled by Brad Appleton at http://acme.bradapp.net See also SCM Readings and SCM Papers nop : Still TO DO on this ...

Change Management, from the point of view of SCM As opposed as the traditional view, from the CM point of view. When dealing with Change Management, CM typically ...

SCM Communications There is a thin boundary among two kinds of meta information to be managed, between communications and documentation . In fact, there is no ...

SCM Configuration Item. Dissatisfied with the extensive existing definition on Configuration Item, based on a list of examples (which I find both arbitrary and disputable ...

SCM FAQ Note: in order to manage the information here, especially expecting disagreements, I suggest to keep these pages small and focused on one answer each. And ...

SCM Functional Areas Susan Dart: components (versions, configurations, baselines, repositories, etc.) structure (system model, interfaces, selection, consistency ...

SCM Papers See also SCM Readings and SCM Books #TopOfPage Table of Contents (Generated automatically from sections below) First, let's not forget Hal Render's ...

FAQ: SCM, why? The actual question was: help me to convince them! This page aims at answering only one part of the question: convince of the interest, for them, of ...

Episode: Introduction to SCM Interview with SteveBerczuk Background Steve: What is the work that you do (ie, you're not an SCM Person per se) ...

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Secret Diplomacy The XIXth century was the golden time for Secret Diplomacy. This obsolete technology should be the direct enemy of SCM communications. It is however ...

Shared Understanding In the context of SCM on SCM Isn't it so that SCM is about creating and maintaining shared understanding? Therefore my "SCM on SCM". In The ...

Signal and Noise One significant limit to the manageability of information is the amount, the mass of it. It is difficult, it costs some effort, to extract the signal ...

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Site level preferences are located in .SitePreferences , however this .SitePreferences prefs topic has overrride priority and should be used for local customisations ...

Smart ABS Now Codefast Inc http://www.codefast.com Smart ABS Now is the world's first smart, scalable, knowledge based Automated Build System for dynamically ...

Smart Builds Now Codefast Inc http://www.codefast.com Smart Builds Now is the world's first smart, knowledge based build manager for dynamically calculating and ...

Smart Makefiles Now Codefast Inc http://www.codefast.com Smart Makefiles Now is the world's first smart, knowledge based makefile generator for replacing human ...

Smart Perl Makefiles Now Codefast Inc http://www.codefast.com Smart Perl Makefiles Now is the world's first smart, knowledge based Perl "makefile" generator for ...

nop SnapshotCM http://www.truebluesoftware.com/ The SnapshotCM product is a client server configuration management solution that runs on Windows and most Unix platforms ...

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Software Programs, procedures, rules, and any associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a system. Contrast with hardware. See: application software ...

Software CM First, one spoke of CM . Only later did one start to speak of SCM , but how to parse this, and what was meant? Parsing SCM is ambiguous: Software can ...

Configuration Management Plan nop : Originally from UCM Central nop : This template was based on the IEEE template IEEE 828.1:1990 ...

Software Configuration A Software Configuration is a set of Configuration Items. This is an abstract concept. One can map an arbitrary complex reality having a software ...

software configuration item. See: configuration item . PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

Software Configuration Management $ nop : a collection of definitions started by Brad Appleton at his ACME Project Do you see your favorite SCM definition ...

Software Configuration Management Patterns 1 Any Software Pattern presenting a recurring solution to a common problem in the area of software configuration management ...

Software Design Description. A representation of software created to facilitate analysis , planning, implementation, and decision making. The software design description ...

Software developer See: developer . PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

Software development plan (NIST) The project plan for the development of a software product .Contrast with software development process , software life ...

Software Development Process The process by which user needs are translated into a software product . The process involves translating user needs into software ...

Software documentation Technical data or information, including computer listings and printouts, in human readable form, that describe or specify the design or details ...

Software Element A deliverable or in process document produced or acquired during software development or maintenance. Specific examples include but are not limited ...

Software Engineering The application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software; i.e., the application ...

Software Is Different People have immense problems to understand (or vested interests to refuse) that software is different. Not from hardware, but from anything our ...

Software Item Source code , object code, job control code, control data, or a collection of these items. Contrast with software element . PatrickEgan 18 ...

Software Quality Assurance 1 A planned and systematic pattern of all actions necessary to provide adequate confidence that an item or product conforms to established ...

Software Quality Metric A quantitative measure of the degree to which software possesses a given attribute which affects its quality. PatrickEgan 18 Dec 2002

Software review An evaluation of software elements to ascertain discrepancies from planned results and to recommend improvement. This evaluation follows a formal ...

Software Validation (NBS) Determination of the correctness of the final program or software produced from a development project with respect to the user needs and ...

SourceAnywhere Product Family SourceAnywhere is a product family published by Dynamsoft Corporation. It includes two products: SourceAnywhere for VSS and SourceAnywhere ...

SourceAnywhere for VSS SourceAnywhere for VSS is a Visual SourceSafe remote access solution published by Dynamsoft Corporation. As an add on tool of SourceSafe, SourceAnywhere ...

SourceAnywhere Hosted Dynamsoft SourceAnywhere Hosted #8482; is the ultimate hosted VSS replacement for growing, distributed software development teams. #8226; Is ...

SourceAnywhere Standalone SourceAnywhere Standalone is a SQL based source control solution published by Dynamsoft . It is designed to be an alternative of Microsoft ...

Source Code. 1 Computer instructions and data definitions expressed in a form suitable for input to an assembler , compiler or other translator. 2 The ...

SourceGear LLC The company was originally founded in January 1997. In 2002, SourceGear was named #156 on the Inc 500, Inc Magazine's list of the fastest growing private ...

DynamSoft SourceHero DynamSoft SourceHero is a SQL based source control tool designed to be a better replacement for Microsoft Visual SourceSafe. High performance ...

nop SourceHosting.Net, LLC http://www.sourcehosting.net/ nop SourceHosting.Net, LLC began offering the first commercial hosted CVS repositories on the Internet ...

MKS Source Integrity Enterprise Edition MKS http://www.mks.com MKS Source Integrity Enterprise Edition is a software configuration management designed for the ...

SourceOffSite SourceOffSite is a remote access solution from SourceGear for users of SourceSafe. Fast SourceOffSite can be 10 times faster than using SourceSafe ...

Source program A computer program that must be compiled , assembled , or otherwise translated in order to be executed by a computer. Contrast with object program ...

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Specific Structure From ConfigurationItem Structure is important, because it introduces semantics. More precisely, it may allow to introduce semantics (e ...

Specification A document that specifies, in a complete, precise, verifiable manner, the requirements, design, behavior,or other characteristics of a system or component ...

Specification Analysis Evaluation of each safety critical software requirement with respect to a list of qualities such as completeness, correctness, consistency ...

nop SpectrumSCM Spectrum Software http://www.spectrumscm.com nop SpectrumSCM is a client server based system that is 100% Java and runs as both an Applet as well ...