Software Configuration Management Training and Certification

Software Configuration Management training course is designed to provide knowledge and skills to those who use SCM techniques in their organizations. The course starts with an overview of the basics of SCM, benefits of SCM and how to manage the SCM at project and organizational level. SCM tools, conducting functional configuration audits, physical configuration audits and in-process SCM audits are also discussed. Software release management is also touched upon in the software configuration management training. Students will develop an understanding of different baselines of configuration items, configuration control and the role of Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) as well as conducting impact analysis on the changes raised in the project. Participants will gain knowledge about the different software configuration libraries and their use in the software development process. Need a hands-on training on SCM tools of your organization or project, enroll in either online or classroom courses.

• The importance of software configuration management (SCM), the SCM process, and how to plan for SCM.
• The tasks in the software configuration (SCM) process, so that they can be planned for in a software project.
• Implementation of configuration identification
• Report configuration status & conduct configuration audits
• Manage your software releases
• Learn about the different types of software configuration libraries and how they are used to balance the needs for both flexibility and stability in the software development process
• Learn to identify software configuration items and baselines including methods for assigning unique identifiers to versions and revisions of different types of items and baselines
• Explore the use of different levels of configuration control and the roll of Configuration Control Boards (CCBs) including performing impact analysis on proposed changes
• Learn about the types of questions that a good configuration status accounting system should be able to answer

Software Configuration Management encompasses the disciplines and techniques of initiating, evaluating and controlling change to software products during and after the software engineering process

•  Automated Software Builds
• Automated Software Deployment
• Labeling all source code files and build artifacts

• Identify and store artifact in a secure repository
• Control and audit changes to artifacts
• Organize artifacts into versioned components
• Components reduce complexity
• It is easier to identify the quality level of a particular component baseline than that of numerous individual files
• Instantiating a physical component object in a tool helps institutionalize component sharing and reuse
• Mapping logical design components to physical SCM components helps preserve the integrity of software architectures
• Create baselines at project milestones
• Record and track requests for change
• Organize and integrate consistent sets of versions using activities
• Maintain stable and consistent workspaces
• Support concurrent changes to artifacts and components
• Integrate early and often
• Ensure reproducibility of software builds

One or more software configuration items that have been formally reviewed and agreed upon and serve as a basis for further development

Change Control Board (CCB)

• IEEE 828: Software Configuration Management Plans
• IEEE 1042: Guide to Software Configuration Management

• Configuration item identification
• Promotion management
• Release management
• Branch management
• Variant management
• Change management