Configuration Management - lecture 3a:

The study metaphor

Literature

• Whitgift, chapter 6.
  Study this chapter. Make sure that you understand:
  • the system model concept and its purpose
  • the build process
  You might want to just browse through the more technical parts.
• Bays, chapter 4.
  Read this chapter as background material. Focus on the build process and the concept of reproducibility.
• Bendix & Vinter.
  You might want to go back to this paper and (re)read:
  • the study metaphor and theory

Lecture summary

• workshop background and purpose
• the study, metaphor, principles and activities
• examples
• roles, workspace, reproducibility and doing the work

Quote of the day

Good cooking takes time. If you are made to wait, it is to serve you better, and to please you. (Anonymous)