Software Configuration Management

By: Jessica Keyes

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Hardcover | 24 February 2004 | Edition Number 1

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An effective systems development and design process is far easier to explain than it is to implement. A framework is needed that organizes the life cycle activities that form the process. This framework is Configuration Management (CM).

Software Configuration Management discusses the framework from a standards viewpoint, using the original DoD MIL-STD-973 and EIA-649 standards to describe the elements of configuration management within a software engineering perspective.

Divided into two parts, the first section is composed of 14 chapters that explain every facet of configuration management related to software engineering. The second section consists of 25 appendices that contain many valuable real world CM templates.

The content is extensive and inclusive, covering everything from CM planning to configuration identification, verification, and auditing. Although it is vendor-neutral, it offers a serious discussion of what to look for in a CM tool and lists toolsets for review. This volume is a sourcebook of techniques, templates, and best practices in the field, providing software engineers and systems developers with what they need to run a successful CM program.

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"By adopting the processes and concepts outlined in this book, readers will have everything they need to implement and execute a sound SCM organization. Whether one is a project manager with responsibility for CM, a CM manager, or a CM team lead, this book would be beneficial. Perhaps the best feature of this book is that it is life-cycle oriented. For each phase of the generalized life cycle it identifies the relevant SCM activities and the SCM milestones." - Software Quality Professional

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Foreword	p. xv
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction to Software Configuration Management	p. 1
SCM and Process Improvement	p. 3
Measurements and Metrics	p. 5
Benefits of SCM	p. 6
SCM Components	p. 7
Configuration Identification	p. 8
Configuration Change Control	p. 10
Configuration Status Accounting	p. 13
Configuration Auditing	p. 14
Implementing SCM in the Organization	p. 15
Manage the Risks of SCM	p. 16
Summary	p. 18
Project Management in a CM Environment	p. 23
Who Writes the Project Plan	p. 26
What Goes Into the Project Plan	p. 26
CM-based Project Plan Components	p. 28
Identification	p. 28
Software Scope	p. 30
Project Estimates	p. 30
Estimation Techniques	p. 30
Decomposition Techniques	p. 33
Empirical Model	p. 33
Risk Management Strategy	p. 33
Risk table	p. 34
RMMM plan for each risk	p. 34
Schedules	p. 34
Resource table	p. 38
Project Resources	p. 38
Tracking and Control Mechanisms	p. 40
Quality Assurance and Control	p. 40
Change Management and Control	p. 41
Performance Measurement	p. 41
Configuration Status Accounting	p. 42
Summary	p. 43
The DoD CM Process Model	p. 45
CM Benefits, Risks, and Cost Impact	p. 46
CM Life-Cycle Management and Planning	p. 48
Management and Planning	p. 48
Configuration Identification	p. 49
Configuration Control	p. 50
Configuration Status Accounting (CSA)	p. 50
Configuration Verification and Audit	p. 51
Relation to Systems Engineering Process	p. 51
Implementing the CM Process	p. 55
Measuring and Evaluating the CM Process	p. 56
CM Benefits and Risks by Program Life-Cycle Activity	p. 58
Management and Planning: Concept and Technology Development Phase	p. 58
Configuration Identification: Concept and Technology Development Phase	p. 58
Configuration Control: Concept and Technology Development Phase	p. 59
Configuration Status Accounting: Concept and Technology Development Phase	p. 60
Management and Planning: System Development and Demonstration Phase	p. 60
Configuration Identification: System Development and Demonstration Phase	p. 61
Configuration Control: System Development and Demonstration Phase	p. 62
Configuration Status Accounting: System Development and Demonstration Phase	p. 63
Configuration Audit: System Development and Demonstration Phase	p. 64
Management and Planning: Production and Deployment Phase	p. 65
Configuration Identification: Production and Deployment Phase	p. 66
Configuration Control: Production and Deployment Phase	p. 66
Configuration Status Accounting: Production and Deployment Phase	p. 67
Configuration Audit: Production and Deployment Phase	p. 69
Management and Planning: Operations and Support Phase	p. 69
Configuration Identification: Operations and Support Phase	p. 70
Configuration Control: Operations and Support Phase	p. 70
Configuration Status Accounting: Operations and Support Phase	p. 71
Effect Process Improvement and Document Lessons Learned	p. 72
Summary	p. 72
Configuration Identification	p. 75
How Configuration Identification Works	p. 75
Configuration Identification General Activity Guides	p. 78
Product Structure	p. 78
Configuration Items	p. 78
Configuration Item Selection Criteria	p. 82
General Guidance	p. 82
CI Selection Checklist	p. 83
Additional Factors	p. 84
Configuration Documentation	p. 86
Specification Types Categorized by Object	p. 86
System	p. 86
Item	p. 86
Software	p. 87
Process	p. 87
Specification Types Categorized by Purpose	p. 87
Performance	p. 87
Detail	p. 87
Design Solution Document Concepts	p. 88
Software Documentation List	p. 89
Process Implementation: Planning	p. 89
System Requirements Analysis and Architectural Design	p. 89
Software Requirements Analysis and Design	p. 89
Software Architectural and Detailed Design	p. 90
Software Integration and Qualification Testing	p. 90
As-Built Software Product Definition	p. 90
System Operation	p. 90
System/Software Maintenance	p. 91
Configuration Baselines	p. 91
Configuration Baseline Concepts	p. 91
Document and Item Identification	p. 94
Part/Item Identification Numbers (PIN)	p. 96
Software Identifiers	p. 96
Engineering Release	p. 97
Interface Management	p. 97
Summary	p. 99
Configuration Control	p. 101
The Process of Configuration Control	p. 101
Engineering Change Proposal	p. 103
Request for Deviation	p. 103
RFD Contents	p. 113
Summary	p. 113
Configuration Status Accounting	p. 115
Typical CSA Information over the Acquisition Program Life Cycle	p. 116
Concept and Technology Development	p. 118
System Development and Demonstration	p. 118
Production and Deployment	p. 119
Operational Support	p. 120
Configuration Status Accounting Process Evaluation Checklist	p. 120
Summary	p. 121
A Practical Approach to Documentation and Configuration Status Accounting	p. 123
Configuration Identification	p. 123
Product Structure	p. 124
Product Identifiers	p. 124
Baselines	p. 125
Configuration Status Accounting	p. 125
The Effective Documentation of Systems	p. 126
Methods and Standards	p. 130
Generating Documentation the Right Way	p. 132
All Documentation Produced prior to the Start of Code Development	p. 132
Program Flowcharts	p. 132
Use or Business Cases	p. 132
Terms of Reference	p. 136
Data Dictionary	p. 137
Program/Component/Object Documentation	p. 137
All Presentation Material	p. 138
Test Cases (Appendix E) and Test Plan	p. 138
Metrics	p. 139
Operations Instructions	p. 139
End-User Help Files	p. 140
User Documentation	p. 140
Maintaining Documentation	p. 140
Summary	p. 143
Configuration Verification and Audit	p. 145
Configuration Verification and Audit Concepts and Principles	p. 146
Configuration Verification	p. 147
Configuration Audit	p. 149
Functional Configuration Audit	p. 149
Physical Configuration Audit	p. 150
Application of Audits during Life Cycle	p. 150
Summary	p. 151
A Practical Approach to Configuration Verification and Audit	p. 157
Components of a Design and Document Verification Methodology	p. 157
Components of a Configuration Audit Methodology	p. 158
Components of a Testing Methodology	p. 159
Inspections	p. 160
Walk-Throughs	p. 160
Unit Testing	p. 161
Daily Build and Smoke Test	p. 161
Integration Testing	p. 163
System Testing	p. 163
Parallel Testing	p. 164
The QA Process	p. 164
The Test Plan	p. 164
Test Automation	p. 166
Summary	p. 171
Configuration Management and Data Management	p. 173
CM-Related Data Management Concepts and Principles	p. 174
Document Identification	p. 175
Data Status Level Management	p. 177
Data and Product Configuration Relationships	p. 178
Data Version Control	p. 179
Digital Data Transmittal	p. 180
Data Access Control	p. 181
Summary	p. 182
Configuration Change Management	p. 183
What Is Configuration Change Management?	p. 183
The Maintenance Process	p. 184
The Product Baseline	p. 186
Types of Maintenance	p. 186
Corrective Maintenance	p. 186
Adaptive Maintenance	p. 187
Perfective Maintenance	p. 187
Preventive Maintenance	p. 187
Maintenance Costs	p. 187
A Model for Maintenance	p. 188
Configuration Management Steps	p. 189
Change Identification	p. 189
Evaluation and Coordination	p. 191
Change Implementation and Verification	p. 193
Handling Variances	p. 194
Managing Maintenance Personnel	p. 194
Measuring Effectiveness	p. 194
Summary	p. 195
Configuration Management and Software Engineering Standards Reference	p. 197
The Standards Bodies	p. 199
A Summary of the EIA Standard (EIA-649)	p. 200
Configuration Management Planning and Management	p. 200
Configuration Identification	p. 201
Configuration Change Management	p. 202
Configuration Status Accounting	p. 203
Configuration Verification and Audit	p. 203
Management of Digital Data	p. 204
ANSI	p. 204
IEEE	p. 205
IEEE Software Engineering Standards Summary	p. 205
ISO	p. 205
ISO Software Engineering Standards Summary	p. 205
Summary	p. 237
Metrics and Configuration Management Reference	p. 239
What Metrics Are and Why They Are Important	p. 240
Traditional CM Metrics	p. 242
IEEE Process for Measurement	p. 242
Plan Organizational Strategy	p. 243
Determine Software Reliability Goals	p. 244
Implement Measurement Process	p. 244
Select Potential Measures	p. 244
Prepare Data Collection and Measurement Plan	p. 244
Monitor the Measurements	p. 245
Assess Reliability	p. 245
Use Software	p. 245
Retain Software Measurement Dat	p. 246
Metrics as a Component of the Process Maturity Framework	p. 246
Initial Process	p. 246
Repeatable Process	p. 246
Defined Process	p. 247
Managed Process	p. 247
Optimizing Proces	p. 248
Steps to Take in Using Metrics	p. 248
IEEE Defined Metrics	p. 249
Fault Density	p. 249
Defect Density	p. 249
Cumulative Failure Profile	p. 250
Fault-Days Number	p. 250
Functional or Modular Test Coverage	p. 250
Requirements Traceability	p. 250
Software Maturity Index	p. 251
Number of Conflicting Requirement	p. 251
Cyclomatic Complexity	p. 252
Design Structure	p. 252
Test Coverage	p. 253
Data or Information Flow Complexit	p. 253
Mean-Time-to-Failure	p. 254
Software Documentation and Source Listings	p. 254
IT Developer's List of Metrics	p. 255
McCabe's Complexity Metric	p. 255
Halstead's Effort Metric	p. 256
Summary	p. 256
CM Automation	p. 257
Automating CM	p. 257
Preparation and Planning	p. 259
Process Definition	p. 260
Tool Evaluation	p. 260
Pilot Project Implementation	p. 261
Rollout to Other Projects	p. 262
Capture and Communicate Improvements	p. 262
A Selection of CM Tool	p. 262
Summary	p. 273
Appendices
Project Plan	p. 275
DoD Engineering Change Proposal	p. 293
Sample Data Dictionary	p. 311
Problem Change Report	p. 313
Test Plan	p. 319
Program Code Inspection Form	p. 365
Sample Inspection Plan	p. 367
QA Handover Document	p. 381
System Service Request	p. 385
Document Change Request (DCR)	p. 389
Problem/Change Report	p. 393
Software Requirements Changes	p. 399
Problem Report (PR)	p. 401
Corrective Action Processing (CAP)	p. 403
Specification Change Notice	p. 405
Project Statement of Work	p. 409
Problem Trouble Report (PTR)	p. 441
Library/Baseline Change Form	p. 443
Sample Maintenance Plan	p. 445
Software Configuration Management Plan (SCMP)	p. 461
Acronyms and Glossary	p. 537
Functional Configuration Audit (FCA) Checklist	p. 551
Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) Checklist	p. 553
SCM Guidance for Achieving the "Repeatable" Level on the Software	p. 555
Supplier CM Market Analysis Questionnaire	p. 597
Index	p. 599
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