CIS 3250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Configuration Item, Software Projects, Distributed Version Control

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 3250
• Professor: Stacey Scott

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What are some key features offered by pm tools: scheduling, risk management, cost management, communication, usability. Readings for this week: ch 1, ch 28. 1,2,3 code complete. A(cid:374) i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t part of a soft(cid:449)are proje(cid:272)t"s overall risk management strategy. Definition (cid:862)the pra(cid:272)ti(cid:272)e of identifying project artifacts and handling changes systematically so that a system can maintain its integrity over time. (cid:863) Co(cid:374)figuratio(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:374)age(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:894)cm(cid:895) is also (cid:272)alled (cid:862)change control(cid:863) Cm applied to software projects is called software configuration management (scm) Scm focuses on more than just managing code: e. g. project requirements, documentation, test data, code. Version: an initial release or re-release of a configuration item associated with a complete compilation or recompilation of the item. Release: the formal distribution of an approved version. Revision: change to a version that corrects only errors in the design/code, but does not affect the documented functionality. Establish a change-control board (ccb) or its equivalent: formal process often involves a ccb, or other (cid:862)(cid:373)a(cid:374)age(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)trolled(cid:863) authorizatio(cid:374)