by Bob Aiello What could be more fun than having the job of CM Architect for a team building the Trident Submarine? No doubt that the Software Configuration and Release Management processes for such a huge effort would be well defined and highly disciplined. Throw in managing the detailed engineering requirements for all of the hardware design and construction and to be honest I would start to get a little nervous that one wrong sized bolt might result in firing a nuclear missile in the wrong direction. CM for building submarines could be difficult a task indeed. Visible Systems Corporation, located in Lexington Massachusetts has been in this space for some time and their Life Cycle Support Information System or LCSIS (pronounced “LEXUS”) adds the structure and process necessary to manage engineering efforts large and small. For this review I had the chance to test drive the LCSIS product, which was not as exciting as driving a nuclear submarine, but still impressed me a great deal. Read this complete review