What is Software Configuration Management

What is Software Configuration Management?

Software Configuration Management encompasses the practices and procedures for administering source code, producing software development builds, controlling change, and managing software configurations.

Specifically, SCM ensures the integrity, reliability and reproducibility of developing software products from planning to release.

SCM usually breaks down into the following service categories:

• Source Code Administration
• Software Builds
• Change Control
• Configuration Management

An organization's source code is one of it's most valuable assets.

Understanding and properly protecting this valuable asset is SCM's highest priority.

Software building is the process of taking all source code files that make up an application and compiling it into build artifacts such as binaries or executables.

SCM ensures that this building process adheres to the following best practices:

• The process is fully automated
• The process is repeatable
• The process is reproducible
• The process is followed

The proper application of controls to the software development process to ensure only appropriate and approved changes are being added to the application.

The strict management of the build and runtime environment for an application to ensure the integrity of the application.

The benefits are many, but the overwhelming reason to use SCM on your development projects is...

The increased likely hood of the project succeeding on time and within budget.

What is Software Configuration Management

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