Software configuration management scm a practical guide. What this solution does, is to automate the download of bios updates from public system manufacturer web sites, creating packages in configmgr, content distribution, dynamic bios package selection during operating system deployment and finally installation of the bios update. Praise for configuration management best practices understanding change is critical to any attempt to manage. Good leaders in the tech space will want to know what it takes to.
What is software configuration management and why do you. Software engineering system configuration management whenever a software is build, there is always scope for improvement and those improvements brings changes in picture. The list of the most popular software configuration management tools top scm tools in 2020 in software engineering software configuration management is the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software part of the larger disciplinary field of configuration management. This is part 1 of the frequently asked questions faq list for the software configuration management comp. The intersection of modern ota updates and configuration. This document provides a practical guide for integrating software configuration management disciplines into the management of software engineering projects.
Modern windows deployment, configuration, and management authors. Apr 04, 20 configuration management cm is actually kind of a big thing, not just for software but for hardware and other itrelated stuff like servers, desktop computers, routers, storage, and the like. The below sets specifically focused on software engineering software configuration management multiple choice questions answers mcqs. The present and future of configuration management nordic apis. This enables you to effectively build a multistage ecosystem, with production, development, and testing servers. With a good configuration management system, there should be a complete picture of what changed, the reason for the change and who performed it. Jan 30, 2017 in traditional software development projects, configuration management cm is a manual process for establishing and maintaining the consistency of a platforms functional and physical attributes. Most of the time the eco process is enormously more cumbersome than software development could use and still stay productive.
A practical guide 042500 ii acknowledgements this document was prepared for the department of energy doe by a working group of the doe quality managers software quality assurance subcommittee sqas. The figure here depicts this level of traceability from both a top down and a bottom up view. Scm is a key part of the software development toolkit and should be considered in the context of the architecture and the team dynamics. With the advances in language and complexity, software engineering, involving configuration management and other methods, became a major concern due to issues like schedule, budget, and quality. If thats the case, you should follow the guidelines of the document do178b for the software configuration management. Software engineering software configuration management mcqs. In traditional software development projects, configuration management cm is a manual process for establishing and maintaining the consistency of a platforms functional and physical attributes. Manage windows 10 in your organization transitioning to. The author of software configuration management patterns. Modern software configuration management tools support both reserved and unreserved checkouts. The first software configuration management was a manual operation. In modern day projects, it is essential to have an automated process in which the environment provisioning is done instantly and new environments. As the fastest way to production, the cicd pipeline is now mainstream among software companies, forming the backbone of the modern devops environment. Software configuration management discusses the framework from a standards viewpoint, using the original dod milstd973 and eia649 standards to describe the elements of configuration management within a software engineering perspective.
Ibmrationals clearcase unk product launch at ibmrational software development conference in las vegas. While devops handles configuration management is an increasingly important foundation for a successful tech platform. Software configuration management is a process independent of the development process largely because most development models cannot accommodate change at any time during development. Unk a soup to nuts guide full of practical advice for practitioners looking to manage project change with the most popular scm tool in the market. Modern bios management is a complete dynamic solution for maintaining and deploying bios updates in configmgr. By using comanagement, you have the flexibility to use the technology solution that works best for your organization.
Configuration management best practices is the essential resource for everyone concerned with cm. Department of energy quality managers software quality. Each pattern represents a step where code is either written, tested, or integrated into another pattern and eventually released as a new version of the software. Configuration management and version control automation world. Software architecture and software configuration management. While systems were once barely able to recognize their own inventories, todays systems can tell you more about what is in stock, future demands, issues identified by customer service representatives, packaging and supply needs, inbound vendor programs, outbound freight costs and ways to improve operations in.
Software configuration management 1st edition jessica. Jan 25, 2018 software configuration management patterns software configuration management structure is comprised of a series of patterns that create an organization chart for developing software. There are two components to the configuration management system. Jul 27, 2014 modern software configuration management tools support both reserved and unreserved checkouts. A software project is the complete procedure of software development from requirement gathering to testing and maintenance, carried out according to the execution methodologies, in a specified period of time to achieve intended software product. Modern configuration management course coveros training. Configuration management makes it trivial to replicate environments with the exact same software and configurations. One or more separate configuration management plans may be developed for the hardware, software and ima platform. The scm practices include vision controls in the establishment of baselines.
Additionally, some of the configuration parameters are often automatically determined by the cms. Sep 12, 2019 as the fastest way to production, the cicd pipeline is now mainstream among software companies, forming the backbone of the modern devops environment. Co management enables you to concurrently manage windows 10 devices by using both configuration manager and microsoft intune. You can even use local virtual machines for development, built with the same provisioning scripts. Its reliable, secure, and easy to deploy and manage. Configuration management cm is actually kind of a big thing, not just for software but for hardware and other itrelated stuff like servers, desktop computers, routers, storage, and the like. It lets you cloudattach your existing investment in configuration manager by adding new functionality. It configuration management software and the devops environment while asset management and configuration management are not the same, without the knowledge of which hardware and software assets are available across your whole it estate, you cannot gain the greatest value from the cm platform.
Bloop, a scalajava build server that only supports compiling, testing, running and debugging code. Software has its own need for configuration management see section 3. An introduction to configuration management digitalocean. This mostly because in modern distributed environments the configurations are often provided via a configuration management system cms, transmitted via network and consumed by multiple applications, or multiple instances of the same application. Software configuration management is the process of identifying and defining the software configuration items in a system, controlling the release and change of these items throughout the system lifecycle. Application lifecycle management shouldnt enforce existing it and software delivery environments. While systems were once barely able to recognize their own inventories, todays systems can tell you more about what is in stock, future demands, issues identified by customer service representatives, packaging and supply needs, inbound vendor programs, outbound freight. Software configuration management scm is a supportingsoftware life cycle process that benefits project management, development and maintenance activities, quality assurance activities, as well as the customers and users of the end product.
Jul 01, 2014 software configuration management scm is a software engineering discipline consisting of standard processes and techniques often used by organizations to manage the changes introduced to its software products. Jul 24, 2016 configuration management is the basis for any good devops adoption as it is crucial to enable speed. Comanagement for windows 10 devices configuration manager. Scm helps in identifying individual elements and configurations, tracking changes, and version selection, control, and baselining. What is software configuration management and why do you need it. Aug 11, 2016 it configuration management software and the devops environment while asset management and configuration management are not the same, without the knowledge of which hardware and software assets are available across your whole it estate, you cannot gain the greatest value from the cm platform. Yet this critical data often sidesteps the careful controls which are in place for source code changes. Configuration management frequently asked questions. Steve berczuk is a principal software engineer with experience as a manager, scrum master and technical lead in boston, ma.
Effective teamwork, practical integration, he is a recognized expert in software configuration management and agile software development. Below is a list of notable tools associated with automating build processes. Build automation involves scripting or automating the process of compiling computer source code into binary code. On the road from traditional onpremises management to modern cloudbased management, take advantage of the flexible, hybrid architecture of configuration manager and intune. Surface offers modern hardware and software that is built to take advantage of all the management capabilities of windows 10. Change management, in contrast, deals with how changes are made to those configurations. Configuration management and change management are two closely related but different terms. Software configuration management patterns software configuration management structure is comprised of a series of patterns that create an organization chart for developing software. Every application consists of one or more databases, web servers, application servers, reverse proxies, load balancers, and other moving parts that need to work together at runtime to make a working system.
Software configuration management scm is the discipline of managing the evolution of complex software systems 2. What this solution does, is to automate the download of bios updates from public system manufacturer web sites, creating packages in configmgr, content distribution, dynamic bios package selection during operating system deployment and finally installation of. Software configuration management scm is a software engineering discipline consisting of standard processes and techniques often used by organizations to manage the changes introduced to its software products. Why you need and how to use it configuration management. The alm journey continues forward, and, as technical and process trends come and go, the core principles are perhaps more relevant than ever.
What this solution does, simply put, is to automate the download of driver packages from public system manufacturer web sites, creating packages in configmgr, content distribution, dynamic driver package selection during. Software configuration management in software engineering. What is the tool which supports componentbased development. A guide to understanding the foundations of software configuration management scm and applying this knowledge to ibmrationals clearcase. This site is about agile scm a pragmatic approach to using software configuration management scm, especially version control, as part of an agile development environment. Starting with configuration manager 1710, co management enables you to concurrently manage windows 10 devices by using both configuration manager and intune. At the time this document was prepared, the working group had the following members. By using co management, you have the flexibility to use the technology solution that works best for your organization. In software engineering software configuration management is the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software part of the larger disciplinary field of configuration management. Modern configuration management keeping software organized and auditable in the age of agile and devops this course is a highlevel introduction to the practice of configuration management in modern software development environments implementing agile and devops. Software configuration management is the process of describing the ways in. What is configuration management and how does it work. Configuration management based on task, defect and enhancement is known.
Changes may be required to modify or update any existing solution or to create a new solution for a problem. May 02, 2016 configuration management cm is the set of practices aiming to manage the runtime state of the applications. Software configuration management strategies and ibm rational. Now that especially linuxbased connected devices are becoming more powerful and the software systems running on them become more complex, the same use cases start to apply here. What this solution does, simply put, is to automate the download of driver packages from public system manufacturer web sites, creating packages in configmgr, content distribution, dynamic driver. Configuration management cm is a system engineering method for establishing and maintaining consistency of a products performance, functional, and physical attributes with its design, requirements, and operational information throughout its life. Clusto helps you keep track of your inventory, where it is, how its connected, and provides an abstracted interface for interacting with the elements of the infrastructure. Configuration management cm is the set of practices aiming to manage the runtime state of the applications.
Modern windows deployment, configuration, and management. Apr 26, 2018 one of the ways the modern service desk has connected incident management, problem, change, and release management, and an extensive service catalog to its employees is through the configuration management database cmdb and it asset management. Developers and others involved in the project can use scm to keep track of artifacts, including source code, documentation, problems, changes requested, and changes made. One of the ways the modern service desk has connected incident management, problem, change, and release management, and an extensive service catalog to its employees is through the configuration management database cmdb and it asset management. Configuration management is also used in software development and deployment, where it is called software or unified configuration management scm or ucm. Configuration as code when configuration is code, devops teams work more efficiently, enabling continuous automation across all it processes. Their network configuration manager is a multi vendor network change, configuration and compliance management nccm solution.
The path to modernizing windows management microsoft tech. Aug 16, 2017 the warehouse management system wms has evolved dramatically over recent years. You can use surface to lead your transformation efforts so you and your organization can experience the greatest return on your digital transformation experience. Comanagement enables you to concurrently manage windows 10 devices by using both configuration manager and microsoft intune. Automating configuration management for devops test. Software engineering system configuration management. Software engineering software configuration management. Configuration management modern avionics of civil aviation. Ibmrationals clearcase unk product launch at ibmrational software. The warehouse management system wms has evolved dramatically over recent years. Configuration management deals with the state of any given infrastructure or software system at any given time.
Software configuration management is the process of identifying and defining the software configuration items in a system, controlling the release and change of these items throughout the system lifecycle, recording and reporting the. Configuration management based on task, defect and. Application lifecycle management approaches for modern. A comprehensive package for routers, switches, firewalls and other network connected devices.
Cots products will continue to be relevant in the devops world as they continue to support key. The discipline enables us to keep control and track software changes, and is an integral part of any software development and maintenance activity 3. As additional capabilities become available in the cloudidentitymdm model, microsoft is committed to providing a clear path from traditional to modern management. Software configuration management encompasses the disciplines and techniques of initiating, evaluating and controlling change to software products during and after a software project standards approved by ansi ieee 828.
Sep, 2014 this mostly because in modern distributed environments the configurations are often provided via a configuration management system cms, transmitted via network and consumed by multiple applications, or multiple instances of the same application. Data now assumes a common role in controlling software logic, in the form of application parameters or configuration data. Managing multiple virtual machines requires proper configurationloading them with the right software and making sure that software can run. Clearcase ucm is the tool which support component based development. They bring cost efficiency, better time management for your organization.