Configuration Management in Organization-Oriented Software Development Environments

• Sávio Figueiredo UFRJ
• Gleison Santos UFRJ
• Ana Regina Rocha UFRJ

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbqs.2004.16182

Abstract

During the software project life cycle, a great amount of information items is produced and changed. The Software Configuration Management has arisen from the necessity of controlling these changes in order to avoid losing the software project control. This paper describes an approach for the Software Configuration Management Process based on the Software Configuration Management process presented in ISO/IEC 12207 and in the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge. Moreover, the approach also supports the Configuration Management activities that an organization needs to execute in order to reach the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) maturity level 2. A tool named GConf has been implemented to support this process. The implemented tool is part of the Enterprise-Oriented Software Development Environments.

Keywords: Software Configuration Management, Software Quality, Software Development Environment

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