Monday, May 19, 2008

I only changed one line of code -- answer: Configuration Management

Watts Humphrey, founder of the Software Engineering Institute once noted,
"The most frustrating software problems are often caused by poor configuration management. The problems are frustrating because they take time to fix, they often happen at the worst time, and they are totally unnecessary."
From "Managing the Software Process" by Humphrey Watts, Addison-Wesley, 1989
What happens when sound practices are not employed in software development and acquisition? Findings indicate that it will cost more and take longer to develop, maintain and acquire software. One of the "sound practices" that can reverse these impacts is Software Configuration Management (SCM).
--From "But I Only Changed One Line of Code!" by Theron R. Leishman and Dr. David A. Cook, in CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering, January 2003

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