Objectives

Discuss challenges with sustainable development

Introduce configuration management (CM) best practices and patterns

Understand CM roles and responsibilities

Understand elements of effective CM planning

Discuss change request management

Apply CM to measurement and reporting

Discuss branching strategies

Discuss product directory structures and labeling techniques

Discuss environmental promotion methods

Discuss effective build management approaches

Description

Configuration Management Fundamentals teaches the experienced developer how to manage the assets of a software project in an environment of constant change. Beginning with an overview of the characteristics of successful sustainable development, the course describes the relationship of CM to software architecture and iterative development. Then the essential elements of an effective CM plan are discussed as well as project repositories. The course then discusses the change request management process and its relationship to configuration management. Then the course describes how to create an effective directory structure for the project’s assets and how to label individual configuration items in the repository. Managing daily work with integration and development workspaces are discussed. The course continues with how to effectively support parallel development with various branching strategies. Discussion around integration and the build processes follows. The course finishes with a discussion of how to perform various audits and capture metrics and provide objective trend reports for measuring development progress.

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