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Shows how proven SCM practices can foster a healthy team-oriented culture that produces better software. The patterns are presented with an emphasis on practicality. Softcover.

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Effective software configuration management (SCM) strategies promote a healthy, team-oriented culture that produces better software. Software Configuration Management Patterns alleviates software engineers' most common concerns about software configuration management—perceived rigidity and an overemphasis on process.

Through the use of patterns, the authors show that a properly managed workflow can avert delays, morale problems, and cost overruns. The patterns approach illustrates how SCM can be easily and successfully applied in small- to mid-size organizations. By learning how these patterns relate to each other, readers can avoid common mistakes that too often result in frustrated developers and reduced productivity.

Key coverage includes instruction on how to:

Develop the next version of a product while fixing problems with the current one.

Develop code in parallel with other developers and join up with the current state of codeline.

Identify what versions of code went into a particular component.

Analyze where a change happened in the history of a component's development.

Use current tools more effectively, and decide when to use a manual process.

Incrementally introduce good practices into individual workspaces and throughout the organization.

Identify crucial aspects of the software process so that team projects can run smoothly.

Build and foster a development environment focused on producing optimal teamwork and quality products.

Software Configuration Management Patterns also includes a detailed list of SCM tools and thorough explanations of how they can be used to implement the patterns discussed in the book. These proven techniques will assist readers to improve their processes and motivate their workforce to collaborate in the production of higher quality software.

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Paperback: 218 pages
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; illustrated edition edition (November 14, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0201741172
ISBN-13: 978-0201741179
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent-A wonderful collection of patterns to support team development, January 8, 2006

By	Michael Cohn "agile developer" (Lafayette, CO USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I knew this book would be different from the use of "Teamwork" in its subtitle. Many of the configuration managers with whom I've worked through the years demonstrated an attitude that was about anything but teamwork. They viewed their job as protecting the source code (and other assets) of a project to the point of getting in the way of the developers. So based on its subtitle, I had very high hopes for this book. I was not let down. This book is excellent.

The book starts with a couple of introductory chapters and then devotes a chapter to each of 16 patterns. I really like that the book devotes a full chapter to each pattern (and therefore covers substantial patterns) rather than covering each in two pages as is often the case in patterns books.

As a coach and trainer of agile software development teams, I am often asked by these teams how they handle the software configuration management with such fast-moving processes. These excellent and highly readable book has collected a wonderful set of practices and will become a part of the standard canon I recommend to clients.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Implement a patterns-based SCM process, December 14, 2002

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Following the extremely clear patterns-based view of SCM presented in this book is allowing my organization to greatly improve our SCM processes. The patterns approach has quickly improved the communication of our process- making SCM easily understood by CM people, developers, and managers. This book and the Bays book (Software Release Methodlogy) can be combined to develop a effective, repeatable, improving SCM and release process.
To support other readers' comments (and update my review): Using a pattern language to describe SCM process has been helping people on my teams to take a more proactive role in SCM activities- identifying well thought-out branching scenarios, and how to manage their work areas (and work) to complete parallel development tasks. Impressive how describing parts of the process using several simple behavior patterns simplifies things...

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Required Handbook for SCM Practitioners, December 9, 2002

By	Michael Sayko (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This exceptionally clear and extremely concise handbook is a must read for all SCM practitioners. The book is filled with practical advice to solve classic configuration management problems that arise on software projects.

The book begins with an overview of SCM concepts and a discussion of the role of SCM in agile software development. This discussion dispels the myth that software configuration management must be process heavy to be effective.

Much of the book consists of a description of patterns (i.e., problems that occur over and over again) related to software configuration management. Each pattern is described in a brief chapter that begins with a question about a common SCM problem. For example, the chapter on the task level commit pattern begins with the question, "How much work should you do between submissions to the version control system?"

Each chapter that presents an SCM pattern describes the circumstances in which the pattern is relevant. The authors explain the pattern with the help of easy-to-understand diagrams and brief narratives of situations from real software projects in which the pattern is relevant. Most chapters also include relevant references to books and papers that elaborate on material covered in the chapter.

Perhaps the most valuable aspect of this book is that an SCM engineer can reference it when speaking to project management and members of the development team about common SCM pitfalls and practical techniques that can be used to correct or avoid these pitfalls.

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