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The Differing Points of View about CM Although we have entered a new year, the arguments over the role of configuration management (CM) in organizations have not abated and have now morphed into a product CM versus enterprise CM dilemma. Joe Townsend explains the differing points of view and why we should care. |
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Software CM: Thirty-Five Years Later Thirty-five years later and where are we in regards to software configuration management? Joe Farah takes us back to the late 1970s and compares the past with the present. If you look at a typical shop today, progress has actually gone backwards. |
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Are Change Packages Really Necessary in Software CM? A change package in software configuration management goes by many names. The CM industry realizes that the change package concept is fundamental to software CM and that life without updates can be complex. |
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Managing the Cloud Application Lifecycle To migrate and maintain applications in the cloud, teams must first understand how to manage cloud application lifecycle phases. The recently announced Cloud Application Management Platform's goal is to provide a simple model that allows control over the application and its deployment environment. |
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Tips for Effective Traceability in Software CM Traceability provides the means to ensure that a product is correctly packaged and deployed. Joe Farah shares some tips that will help your team recognize proper traceability in order to keep track of and use data more efficiently when building a software product. |
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Applying CM to Agile Teams: A Look Back Joe Townsend examines Mario Moreira's 2008 CM Crossroads article, "Applying CM to Agile Teams,” and discovers its relevance in today's workplace. For Joe, CM is already agile; it's the developers who need to be more adaptive. |
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What Knight Capital Group Needs to Know about DevOps On August 1, 2012, Knight Capital Group suffered a disastrous electronic trading glitch, caused by a bug that was introduced during a software upgrade the night before the incident. |
