Software Configuration Management (SCM)

Presented By: Yukti Saraf Roll No.1 MCA 4th Semester

Introduction


Configuration Management is the art of identifying, organizing and Controlling modifications to the software being build by a programming team. The goal is to maximize productivity and minimize mistakes.

Software Configuration Management (SCM)



Software configuration management is an umbrella activity. SCM activities are developed to

   

identify change control change ensure that change is being properly implemented And report changes to others who may have an interest.

The configuration is organized in a manner that enables orderly control of change.

Distinction between Software Maintenance and SCM

 Software Maintenance is the set of software

engineering activities that occur after software has been delivered to the customer and put into operation.  SCM is the set of tracking and control activities that begin when a Software project begins and terminates only when the software is taken out of operation.

SCM


The output of the software process is information that may be divided into three broad categories:
  

Computer programs (both source level and executable forms) Documents that describe the computer programs (targeted at both technical practitioners and users) Data (contained within the program or external to it)

The items that comprise all information produced as part of the software process are collectively called a software configuration. The software configuration is composed of a set of interrelated objects, also called software configuration items (SCI) Software configuration management is a set of activities that have been developed to manage change throughout the life cycle of computer software.

Baseline


Change is a fact of life in software development.



Customers, developers, managers, all wants to make modifications.

 

A baseline is a SCM concept that helps us to control change. The IEEE defines a baseline as:
A specification or product that has been formally reviewed and agreed upon, that thereafter serves as the basis for further development, and that can be changed only through formal change control procedures.

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