Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork and Practical Integration (Software Patterns Series)

Learn proven software configuration management strategies to deliver quality software systems with the least amount of wasted effort.

• Avoid common software mistakes by using proven SCM practices.
• Identify crucial aspects of your software process so team projects can run smoothly.
• Helps managers build and foster a development environment focused on producing optimal teamwork and quality products.

Stereotypes portray software engineers as a reckless lot, and stereotypes paint software configuration management (SCM) devotees as inflexible. Based on these impressions, it is no wonder that projects can be riddled with tension! The truth probably lies somewhere in between these stereotypes, and this book shows how proven SCM practices can foster a healthy team-oriented culture that produces better software. The authors show that workflow, when properly managed, can avert delays, morale problems, and cost overruns. A patterns approach (proven solutions to recurring problems) is outlined so that SCM can be easily applied and successfully leveraged in small to medium sized organizations. The patterns are presented with an emphasis on practicality. The results speak for themselves: improved processes and a motivated workforce that synergize to produce better quality software.

Stephen P. Berczuk is a software engineer who has developed object-oriented software applications for fifteen years, often as part of geographically distributed teams. He is an active member of the Software Patterns community. Brad Appleton has fifteen years of software development expertise, and is currently employed at Motorola Corporation. He has been an AW technical reviewer for more than five years, and is highly regarded in the Patterns community.