Configuration Management Flashcards
1
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Configuration management
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- CM is essential for projects to control changes made.
2
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CM activities
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- Version management
- System building
- Change management
- Release management
3
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Configuration management and agile
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- Cannot do agile without CM.
4
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Development system platform
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- Platform in which source code is created and edited
5
Q
Build server platform
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- Platform in which source code is compiled and managed
6
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Target environment platform
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- Platform in which the built system is executed
7
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Change management process objectives
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- Analyzing the costs and benefits of proposed changes, approving changes that are worthwhile, and tracking which components of the system have been changed
8
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System version
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- An instance of a system that differs, in some ways, from other instances
9
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System release
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- A version that is released to customers
10
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Large systems and configuration management
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- For large systems, never just one working version of the system
11
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Version management
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- Keeping track of different versions of software components
12
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Public repository and private workspaces
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- Project repository (master version) and private workspace (checked out developer copy)
13
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Most popular open source version management system
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- Git
14
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Release management
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- Version of a software system that is distributed to customers
15
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Release tracking
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- Need to be able to exactly reproduce software that has been delivered to a particular customer
