Posts Tagged Configuration Management
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. [...]
Why you’re wrong…
Posted by Mark in CMCrossroads, Configuration Management, ITSLM, Plain Old Blog, Software Configuration Management on June 28, 2011
…if you think build, change, or release management are part of configuration management. Bob Aiello lit the blue touch paper (again) on the debate about ‘what is configuration management?’ and, once again, he seems to be trying to redefine configuration management to fit the role of Configuration Manager identified (incorrectly) in many organisations. This is absolutely the [...]
What is Software Configuration Management?
Posted by Mark in CMCrossroads, Plain Old Blog on October 14, 2009
A while ago I wrote a post ‘What is Configuration Management?’ in which I outlined the four principles of configuration management. This prompted several readers to ask, ‘what about software configuration management?’. Software configuration management differs from the core configuration management discipline in detail only. It is common for organisations to include disciplines like build [...]
What is configuration management?
Posted by Mark in Configuration Management, Plain Old Blog on September 16, 2009
Configuration management is four things. Identification Change control Status accounting Auditing Nothing more, nothing less. Derived disciplines such as software configuration management, product data management and so on, are always based on these four functions.
Simple, complex and difficult
As a discipline IT systems lifecycle can be characterised as simple, complex and difficult. Simple to explain. Complex to commission and maintain because the systems it monitors and controls are increasingly complex and dynamic. Difficult to do because IT system lifecycle management is much more than a set of process and tools. It involves many [...]
