Configuration Management - seminar 4b:
Literature
- Ivica Crnkovic, Annita Dahlqvist, Daniel Svensson:
Complex Systems Development Requirements - PDM and SCM Integration,
in Proceedings of Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software, 2001.
Video - mov (265 Mb),
Video - mp4 (681 Mb),
slides
and discussion questions
(other questions).
Read this paper to brush up on what SCM is and to
get and idea of what PDM is - and reflect on the potential consequences of the similarities and
differences between PDM and SCM.
- Lars Bendix, Christian Pendleton, Erik Hochbergs, Laroy Nilsson Sjödahl:
Bringing Software Configuration Management and DevOps together, sneSCM.org white paper,
October, 2021.
Video - mov (206 Mb),
Video - mp4 (622 Mb),
slides
and discussion questions
(other questions).
Read the paper. Make sure that you understand
how SCM can be useful and valuable also in a DevOps context.
Seminar summary
- Product Data Management
- PDM & SCM - similarities and differences
- PDM and SCM integration
- SCM in a DevOps context
- DevOps characteristics
- SCM activities
Quote of the day
Always remember: Writing software from requirements is like
walking on water. It is much easier if it is frozen !!! (Anonymous)
Updated October 28, 2025