The Past, Present, and Future of Configuration Management

Abstract

Automated support for configuration management (CM) is one aspect of software engineering environments that has progressed over the last 20 years. The progress is seen by the burgeoning interest in CM, many technical papers and conferences involving CM, a large number of CM tool vendors, and new software development environments that incorporate CM capabilities. This paper is about future issues affecting solutions to CM problems. To put the future into perspective, it is necessary to discuss the past and present situation for CM. The past evolves around CM systems built in-house and supplemented with manual procedures and policies for executing the CM functions. The present consists of a better understanding of CM, the beginnings of a common vocabulary for CM, existence of many third-party CM tools and environments supporting CM, and recognition that a single CM system does not solve all CM problems and that there is a need for better understanding of CM process support.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA254175

Entities

People

  • Susan A. Dart

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

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Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Configuration Management
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Identification
  • Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Personnel Management
  • Recognition
  • Software Design
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Vocabulary

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design