Configuration Management - lecture 6b:

CM & PDM + CM & OSS

Literature

• Asklund et al: Product Data Management and SCM - Similarities and Differences, ch. 2 & 4.
  Read the extracts from this report and reflect on the potential consequences of the similarities and differences between PDM and SCM.
• Asklund & Bendix: A Study of Configuration Management for Open Source Software.
  Read the paper and make sure that you fully understand how OSS projects handle workspaces and the change management process.

Lecture summary

• Product Data Management
• PDM & SCM - similarities and differences
• PDM and SCM integration
• CM for OSS
• workspace management
• change management

Hand-outs

CM & PDM:
3 slides pr. page, 6 slides pr. page
3 slides pr. page, 6 slides pr. page
CM & OSS:
3 slides pr. page, 6 slides pr. page

Quote of the day

Always remember: Writing software from requirements is like walking on water. It is much easier if it is frozen !!! (Anonymous)