After many years in the software development industry, I have been affected a myriad of different ways by the software configuration management discipline, both good and bad. In the most recent years, I have been a consultant in the software configuration management (SCM) field, ready to extol its virtues to whomever will listen. A couple of years back, I began to wonder why my message would sometimes be embraced with open arms and other times met by wilting indifference. Much like a preacher, I couldn’t fathom how anyone could hear my message of salvation from lost code, reappearing bugs, and blown releases and not immediately follow the road to righteous product integrity.
I began to investigate and soon realized that the answer was the same conclusion that I uncovered a few years back when, as an adjunct professor in a evening graduate school program, some students hung on my every word while others most burning question was — “Are we going to get out early tonight?” This paper examines why — The many faces of SCM needs to be answered up front before any SCM dialogue continues. The paper uses a specialized technique for looking at all the forces for and against a decision called Force Field Analysis. As many of the faces are examined, a Force Field Analysis will be used as a method of showing the pros and cons that the particular SCM participant may harbor toward the decision.
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