Open AccessAdoption of Configuration Management in the Industry: Strategies and Lessons Learned
Author(s) -
Cláudia Werner,
Chessman K. F. Corrêa,
Rodrigo Pereira dos Santos,
Marcelo Schots,
Luiz Otávio Murta,
Flavio Jose Lyra
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
clei electronic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0717-5000
DOI - 10.19153/cleiej.13.2.8
Subject(s) - software deployment , software configuration management , standardization , software , process (computing) , engineering , software development , software maintenance , configuration management (itsm) , process management , software engineering , systems engineering , engineering management , computer science , software construction , programming language , operating system
Maintenance represents an important activity in software industry as it is the one that takes the biggest effort among Software Engineering activities apart from its high cost. In this sense, software configuration management helps to overcome some difficulties related to software maintenance such as the lack of product knowledge and negligence in maintenance activities. This paper presents a configuration management deployment process based on standardization of practices and tools, taking into account the software development organizational culture. The results of its application in an industrial case are discussed.
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