Accession Number:

ADA235510

Title:

Transaction-Oriented Configuration Management: A Case Study.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIV PITTSBURGH PA SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INST

Personal Author(s):

• Feiler, Peter
• Downey, Grace

Report Date:

1990-11-01

Pagination or Media Count:

56.0

Abstract:

Software configuration management SCM is a key element of the software development process. A number of new configuration management techniques in commercial SCM tools and environments with SCM capabilities have been observed. This report illustrates some of the advances in SCM concepts by example of a particular commercial system the Sun Network Software Environment NSE. NSE embodies a transaction model of configuration management. In order to demonstrate the capabilities and limitations of the transaction model, NSE is applied to three problem areas for configurations management adaption for parallel development and team support, development and maintenance in software families and development in a distributed and heterogeneous network.

Descriptors:

• *SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
• COMMERCE
• ENVIRONMENTS
• MODELS
• CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT
• DISTRIBUTION
• TEAMS(PERSONNEL)
• CASE STUDIES
• HETEROGENEITY
• COMPUTER PROGRAMS
• NETWORKS

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE