Configuration Management - lecture 6b:

CM & patterns + CM & PDM

Literature

• Brown et al: Patterns and Antipatterns in Software Configuration Management.
  Read the copied chapters.
• 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.

Lecture summary

• CM Patterns - and AntiPatterns
• Examples
• Product Data Management
• PDM & SCM - similarities and differences
• PDM and SCM integration

Quote of the day

I used to keep an open mind, but people kept throwing rubbish in it. (Anonymous)