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Review: Adapting Configuration Management for Agile Teams by Mario Moreira
Posted by Mark in Book Review, Reviews on September 28, 2011
At £25.49 ($32.92) from Amazon(uk,us) (paperback edition, Kindle edition now also available) and running to a comfortable 253 pages, Mario E. Moreira’sAdapting Configuration Management for Agile Teams: Balancing Sustainability and Speed makes a good day’s reading. The book’s style is informative and not laden with jargon, making it an ideal read even for the uninitiated configuration manager. [...]
Final Cut Pro X: Hit or Miss?
Posted by Mark in Plain Old Blog, Reviews, Something different on June 23, 2011
I’m a ‘casual professional’ user of Apple’s Studio products, which includes Final Cut Pro. I don’t produce video as a primary product, but I produce tutorials and other support video for my work. So, it was with some interest that I downloaded Final Cut Pro X yesterday. Blimey! It’s different! VERY different. In fact it’s [...]
Book review: IBM Rational ClearCase 7.0: Master the Tools that Monitor, Analyze, and Manage Software Configurations
Posted by Mark in Book Review, Plain Old Blog, Reviews on May 10, 2011
The book: IBM Rational ClearCase 7.0: Master the Tools that Monitor, Analyze, and Manage Software Configurations by Marc Girod and Tatania Shpichko Published by PACKT Publishing ISBN 978-1-849680-12-7 I am reviewing the eBook (PDF download) version of the book. Reading this book will not make you a ClearCase administrator, or user for that matter. It [...]
Building a CM system using Atlassian
Posted by Mark in Build Management, Change Management, CMCrossroads, Configuration Management, Plain Old Blog, Reviews, Software Configuration Management on May 7, 2011
I’m usually somewhat reluctant to make recommendations about specific tools, but every now and then something impresses me so much I feel I should at least draw attention to it. In the course of helping a client look for tools to support their development process I recalled that a couple of years ago I looked [...]
Software Configuration Management: An Investement in Product Integrity
Posted by Mark in Book Review, CMCrossroads, Plain Old Blog, Software Configuration Management on October 1, 2009
For me, this book holds a special significance. This is the very first book I ever read that dealt exclusively with software configuration management. For me, this book started a career and lifelong passion for software product integrity and software configuration management in particular. Title: Software Configuration Management: An Investment in Product Integrity Authors: Bersoff, [...]
CMDB and Configuration Management Process, Software Tools…
Posted by Mark in Book Review, Configuration Management on June 8, 2009
Title: CMDB and Configuration Management Process, Software Tools Creation and Maintenance, Planning, Implementation Guide Author: Gerard Blokdijk Publisher: Unknown Year: 2008 Amazon: UK, US Review in a Nutshell No.
