Configuration Management Best Practices - Bob Aiello

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Résumé :
Successfully Implement High-Value Configuration Management Processes in Any Development EnvironmentAs IT systems have grown increasingly complex and mission-critical, effective configuration management (CM) has become critical to an organization’...

Biographie:
s best CM practices have been gathered in one indispensable resource showing you how to implement them throughout any agile or traditional development organization.Configuration Management Best Practices is practical, easy to understand and apply, and fully reflects the day-to-day realities faced by practitioners. Bob Aiello and Leslie Sachs thoroughly address all six “...

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Preface xxi

Introduction xxxiii

PART I THE CORE CM BEST PRACTICES FRAMEWORK 1

Chapter 1 Source Code Management 3

Terminology and Source Code Management 5

Goals of Source Code Management 5

Principles of Source Code Management 6

1.1 Why Is Source Code Management Important? 6

1.2 Where Do I Start? 7

1.3 Source Code Management Core Concepts 9

1.3.1 Creating Baselines and Time Machines 9

1.3.2 Reserved Versus Unreserved Checkouts 10

1.3.3 Sandboxes and Workspaces 11

1.3.4 Variant Management (Branching) 11

1.3.5 Copybranches Versus Deltas 12

1.3.6 How to Handle Bugfixes 12

1.3.7 Streams 14

1.3.8 Merging 15

1.3.9 Changesets 16

1.4 Defect and Requirements Tracking 16

1.5 Managing the Globally Distributed Development Team 17

1.6 Tools Selection 19

1.6.1 Open Source Versus Commercial 21

1.6.2 Product Maturity and Vendor Commitment 21

1.6.3 Extensibility and Open API 22

1.6.4 Don't Overengineer Your Source Code Management 22

1.7 Recognizing the Cost of Quality (and Total Cost of Ownership) 23

1.7.1 Building Your Source Code Management Budget 24

1.8 Training 24

1.8.1 The Bob Method for Training 24

1.9 Defining the Usage Model 25

1.10 Time to Implement and Risks to Success 26

1.11 Establishing Your Support Process 26

1.12 Advanced Features and Empowering Users 27

Conclusion 27

Chapter 2 Build Engineering 29

Goals of Build Engineering 30

Principles of Build Engineering 30

2.1 Why Is Build Engineering Important? 31

2.2 Where Do I Start? 32

2.3 Build Engineering Core Concepts 32

2.3.1 Version IDs or Branding Your Executables 32

2.3.2 Immutable Version IDs 33

2.3.3 Stamping In a Version Label or Tag 33

2.3.4 Managing Compile Dependencies 33

2.3.5 The Independent Build 34

2.4 Core Considerations for Scaling the Build Function 34

2.4.1 Selling the Independent Build 35

2.4.2 Overengineering the Build 35

2.4.3 Testing Your Own Integrity 36

2.4.4 Reporting to Development Can Be a Conflict of Interest 37

2.4.5 Organizational Choices 37

2.5 Build Tools Evaluation and Selection 38

2.5.1 Apache Ant Enters the Build Scene 38

2.5.2 Of Mavens and Other Experts 38

2.5.3 Maven Versus Ant 39

2.5.4 Using Ant for Complex Builds 39

2.5.5 Continuous Integration 40

2.5.6 CI Servers 40

2.5.7 Integrated Development Environments 40

2.5.8 Static Code Analysis 41

2.5.9 Build Frameworks 41

2.5.10 Selecting Your Build Tools 41

2.5.11 Conducting the Bakeoff and Reaching Consensus 42

2.6 Cost of Quality and Training 42

2.7 Making a Good Build Better 42

2.7.1 Bob-Proofing Your Build 43

2.7.2 Test-Driven Builds 43

2.7.3 Trust, But Verify 43

2.7.4 The Cockpit of a Plane 44

2.8 The Role of the Build Engineer 44

2.8.1 Know What You Build 45

2.8.2 Partner with Developers 46

2.8.3 Drafting a Rookie 46

2.9 Architecture Is Fundamental 46

2.10 Establishing a Build Process 47

2.10.1 Establishing Organizational Standards 47

2.11 Continuous Integration Versus the Nightly Build 47

2.12 The Future of Build Engineering 48

Conclusion 48

Chapter 3 Environment Configuration 49

Goals of Environment Configuration Control 50

Principles of Environment Configuration Control 51

3.1 Why Is Environment Configuration Important? 51

3.2 Where Do I Start? 51

3.3 Supporting Code Promotion 52<...