When systems engineers build or repair computer software or hardware, they need consistent processes in place to keep it running smoothly. Configuration management is the name for this set of ...

Software configuration management (SCM) encompasses the systematic control, organisation and automation of software development processes. It involves tracking and controlling changes in the software, ...

Serena Software announced this week the release of Serena Dimensions Express, a developer-focused software configuration management tool that is intended to be easy to use. With the product, advanced ...

Change is inevitable when computer software is built and change increases the level of confusion among software engineers who are working on a project. The art of coordinating software development to ...

While some of the terminology used to describe the world of software configuration management can be quite foggy, the fundamental importance of configuration management to development is crystal clear ...

Admittedly, Lockheed Martin Information Technology has a tougher assignment than most, and that’s to clean up the Hanford nuclear waste site. As the IT group serving the project, the Lockheed team ...

Ever had a situation where you don't know what code is actually in production? How about when you need to do a hot fix and you break production software? Usually, this is the result of an unstructured ...

(1) In a network, a system for gathering current configuration information from all nodes in a LAN. (2) In software development, a system for keeping track of large projects. Although version control, ...

The Central Technical Support Facility’s Configuration Management Branch manages the deployed force software baseline for the Army Chief Information Officer/G-6 to support interoperability ...