Configuration Management Stories from the Distributed Software Development Trenches
Lars Bendix, Lund University - Jan Magnusson, Sony Mobile Communications - Christian Pendleton, Softhouse

You can find abstract and paper here.

Keywords: Configuration management; distributed development; challenges; lessons learned; experience.

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