Software Configuration Management: Coordination for Team Productivity (Paperback)

by Wayne A. Babich (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 162 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Longman (February 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201101610
• ISBN-13: 978-0201101614
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,260,263 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Software Configuration Management : Coordination for Team Pr, May 23, 2000

By	Terrence Leip "Terry2006" (Chandler, AZ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a small, easy to read book that covers the basics of SCM better than most of the books on the market. Even though it's currently out of print, this is probably one of my all time-favorites books on SCM, especially when I'm trying to introduce the concepts to first-time readers. Many of the books seem to talk around the subject and never actually get down to what the fundamental aspects of SCM actually do.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars None Better for Basic Principles, September 29, 2001

By	Mark W. Randolph (Kansas City, MO United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Until I read this book, I'd only recognized the problems of sloppy source code control, but couldn't describe them, couldn't solve them, couldn't prevent them. Can you explain the symptoms of the double maintenance, shared data, or simultaneous update problems? Do you know the difference between configurations, revisions, and variations?

I've seen 300 page tomes on the subject that can't match even Chapter One in this book. The the examples using Ada, FORTRAN, and SCCS are dated, but tor basic principles, the book is unsurpassed.

Save 10% of your next project's budget. Buy the book.

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must read" for all software developers, March 2, 2009

By	Andreas (Sweden) - See all my reviews

This book describes the problems of developing software in teams in a simple and straight forward way. The book focus on Software Configuration Management (SCM) from a developer perspective with good "hands on" examples. Compared to other books on the subject SCM, this is a joy to read. I recommend this book to my students when I teach SCM and I recommend it to anyone that needs a good introduction to SCM.