It provides automatic software deployment distribution, unattended installation of os, patch management, hard and software inventory, license management and software asset management, and administrative tasks for the configuration management. And not only is it easy to change, but it is unconstrained by the physical laws that serve as the guardrails of what is possible with hardware systems. Changes may be required to modify or update any existing solution or to create a new solution for a problem. This 1990 module examines configuration management, including configuration item identification, change reporting and evaluation, change execution, tool evaluation and use, version control, and management principles related to configuration control. System center 2019 datacenter management microsoft. Software configuration management software configuration management scm is the process of identifying and defining the scis in the system and coordinating the changes made to these items a formal definition. This course is focused on giving you real world coding experience and hands on project work with arm based microcontrollers.
Scm can be considered as having three major components. Software configuration management scm process and procedure. Managers software quality assurance subcommittee sqas. Jul 01, 2014 software configuration management scm is a software engineering discipline consisting of standard processes and techniques often used by organizations to manage the changes introduced to its software products. Software configuration management in software engineering. Configuration manager owns the configuration management process, and is accountable for drafting the plan as well. Scope, objectives, policies, standards, roles, and responsibilities.
This is related to the older workload automation category of software. Classic discussions about cm are highlight the user concepts. In software engineering, software configuration management scm or sw cm is the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software, part of the larger crossdisciplinary field of configuration management. In this short article, well look at the four main activities of a. Configuration change control includes changes to baseline configurations for components and configuration. Feb 27, 2019 the purpose of software configuration management scm policies at your organization is to establish and maintain the integrity of software work products throughout the projects software life. Simplify the deployment, configuration, management, and monitoring of your infrastructure and virtualized softwaredefined datacenter, while increasing agility. Software configuration management is the process of identifying and defining the software configuration items in a system, controlling the release and change of these items throughout the system lifecycle, recording and reporting the. Software configuration management planning software configuration management planning starts during the early phases of a project. Configuration management software is designed to automate the deployment of applications in the data center and in the cloud. Scm practices include revision control and the establishment of baselines. It is a document that defines the input, action and expected output to determine if a certain feature of an application is working correctly. Software configuration management plan introduction scope and intent of scm activities the primary focus of the software configuration management scm is to identify and control major software changes, ensure that change is being properly implemented, and report changes to any other personnel or clients who may have an interest.
Configuration management cm is the ongoing process of identifying and managing changes to deliverables and other work products. The list of the most popular software configuration management tools top scm tools in 2020 in software engineering software configuration management is the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software part of the larger disciplinary field of configuration management. Software configuration management is defined as a process to systematically manage, organize, and control the changes in the documents, codes, and other entities during the software development life cycle. Software configuration management scm question and answers. Software and hardware configuration management ivv 10 version. Dec 03, 2015 software configuration management planning software configuration management planning starts during the early phases of a project. The four basic requirements for an scm system how you. When you deploy and manage configuration manager with careful planning and consideration of your business requirements, configuration manager can reduce your administrative overhead and total cost of ownership. Department of energy quality managers software quality.
Software configuration management discusses the framework from a standards viewpoint, using the original dod milstd973 and eia649 standards to describe the elements of configuration management within a software engineering perspective. Configuration managementcm is the discipline that ensures that the state of the software at any given time is known and reconstructable. Introduction to configuration management bmc blogs. Divided into two parts, the first section is composed of 14 chapters that explain every facet of. Adequate configuration management is however often not performed, contributing to a higher number of software defects which impact the real and perceived quality of the software, as well as leading to time and expense being spent on rework and higher maintenance costs. Uncontrolled and undirected, imagination can quickly give rise to nightmare. A system can be defined as the combination of interacting elements organized to achieve one or more stated purposes 1.
Developers and others involved in the project can use scm to keep track of artifacts, including source code, documentation, problems, changes requested, and changes made. Software is bounded only by the limits of the human imagination. Most of the time the eco process is enormously more cumbersome than software development could use and still stay productive. The scm practices include vision controls in the establishment. In a previous article configuration management system a quick refresher we got an overview of the configuration management system. If something goes wrong, scm can determine what was changed and who changed it. Scm helps in identifying individual elements and configurations, tracking changes, and version selection, control, and baselining. Software engineering system configuration management whenever a software is build, there is always scope for improvement and those improvements brings changes in picture. It is a document that describes the sequence of steps to execute a test case. Network management device ip configuration wizard v5. The list of the most popular software configuration management tools top scm tools in 2020 in software engineering software configuration management is the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software part of the larger disciplinary field of configuration management the scm practices include vision controls in the establishment of baselines.
Configuration management cm is the detailed recording and updating of information that describes an enterprises computer systems and networks, including all hardware and software components. Individualsgroups conducting tests understand organizational security policies and procedures, information. Review procedures governing change management for installing new versions of the software components, including new releases of acquired software. Software configuration management is a process independent of the development process largely because most development models cannot accommodate change at any time during development. Cmdbs are used to track configuration items cis and the dependencies between them, where cis represent the things in an enterprise that are worth tracking and managing, such as but not limited to computers, software, software licenses, racks, network devices, storage, and even the components within such items. Workload automation is still used by many organizations to handle eventbased scheduling and resource management across applications, databases, and. This chapter summarises the principles of software configuration management described in esa pss050 and then discusses the application of these principles first to documents and then to code. This document provides a practical guide for integrating software configuration management disciplines into the management of software engineering projects. Configuration management cm is the discipline that ensures that the state of the software at any given time is known and reconstructable. What is configuration management and how does it work. It is abbreviated as the scm process in software engineering. The configuration management plan should include or describe the following. Welcome to the introduction to embedded systems software and development environments. May 09, 2018 84 videos play all software engineering tutorials point india ltd.
These requirements must be satisfied regardless of. Software configuration management scm is a disciplined approach for change management that is applied all through a software project to implement changes without adversely impacting the quality. The outcome of the scm planning phase is the software configuration management plan scmp which might be extended or revised during the rest of the project. Software configuration management is the process of identifying and defining the software configuration items in a system, controlling the release and change of these items throughout the system lifecycle, recording and reporting the status of configuration items and change requests, and verifying. Standard 8282005, standard for software configuration management plans, was used to guide. Pikt pikt is foremost a monitoring system that also does configuration management. While each element may be invoked without the others, cm is incomplete in the absence of any of them. If something goes wrong, scm can determine what was. Software configuration identification change control status accounting and auditing configuration. Stay in control of your itacross your environment and platformswith system center. Software configuration management plan introduction. Configuration manager is a powerful management application, with the potential to affect every computer in your organization. You will learn how to implement software configuration management and develop embedded software applications.
Software engineering system configuration management. Identification, control, audit, and status accounting are the four basic requirements for a software configuration management system. The four components of a configuration management system. Software configuration management december 1990 curriculum module james e. This list must include not only the components that are developed during the project but also documentation, associated software and hardware. Software configuration management linkedin slideshare. Software configuration identification change control status accounting and auditing. The configuration of a system is the functional and physical characteristics of hardware or software as set forth in technical documentation or achieved in a product 1. Change is defined as anything hardware, software, system components, services, documents, or processes that is deliberately introduced into the production environment and which may affect a service level managementsla or otherwise affect the functioning of. Organizations ensure that testing does not interfere with information system operations.
Software prerequisites and system requirements for advanced management console components. It is a logical group of test cases which when taken together test a particular function. Java platform, standard edition advanced management. Configuration management cm is a systems engineering process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a products performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life. The cm process is widely used by military engineering organizations to manage changes throughout the system lifecycle. To achieve configuration management the components of a software system are partitioned to form. A baseline is like a snapshot of the aggregate of software components as they exist at a given point in time. Software configuration management scm a practical guide. This section describes the main software components the oracle virtual compute appliance uses for operation and configuration.
Software configuration management is the process of identifying and defining the software configuration items in a system, controlling the release and change of these items throughout the system lifecycle. To manage changes effectively, project planning should include planning for the activities required for scm. The organization fixes all instances of each bug found during operations, not just the small number of instances that trigger bug reports. According to itil, service assets and configuration management are closely associated and encompass all components, products, and services that must be managed from their inception to retirement. When you use a software update point on a server other than the site server, install the wsus administration console on the site servernet framework. The primary goal is to increase productivity with minimal mistakes. Basic elements of configuration management spec india. Configuration management of software systems should be applied during the development and operational life of the software in order to control any changes required and to maintain the software in a known state. These requirements must be satisfied regardless of the amount of automation within the scm process. Scm is the process of identifying and defining the items in the system, controlling the. Configuration management an overview sciencedirect topics. Software has its own need for configuration management see section 3. Each software part has an interface, and software parts are plugged together to form a software system. Software configuration management policy the purpose of software configuration management scm policies at hud is to establish and maintain the integrity of software work products throughout the projects software life cycle.
Changes to information systems include modifications to hardware, software, or firmware components and configuration settings defined in cm6. The advanced management console installation and configuration guide describes the steps to install and configure the advanced management console. Comparison of opensource configuration management software. Software configuration management deals with all of the same problems as hardware configuration management and more because of the lack of the guardrails that the laws of physics provide. Such information typically includes the versions and updates that have been applied to installed software packages and the locations and network. It professionals involved with configuration management will repeatedly come across the following key concepts. This article is the third in the series on configuration management. Configuration management cfm, one of the components in the itil service support area, exists to identify, maintain, and verify information on it assets and configurations in the enterprise. A baseline is a configuration of a hardware, software, or system at a discrete point in its life cycle. The cmp provides information on the requirements and. Software configuration management scm is a software engineering discipline consisting of standard processes and techniques often used by organizations to manage the changes introduced to its software products. Software configuration management plan standard va directive 6004, configuration, change, and release management programs process activity name.
1126 981 851 40 1253 1315 554 381 973 1074 363 1129 1250 1123 483 39 1397 856 32 373 383 312 1435 248 465 1429 1050 1276 9 1014 1157 1471 157 191 1495 1151 703 879 32