Posts Tagged ‘Configuration Management’
What Makes Managing Component Based Development Hard?
Posted on December, 8 at 5:39 am | Filed Under Jython, Python, Software
I’m looking for input on where the management problems are for building large scale applications with reusable components. Reusable software components are a pretty established development pattern and are used across the software development language landscape. Lately, this area has experienced a boon of growth as component development became married with service oriented architecture and [...]
Is Change and Configuration Management Working?
Posted on October, 31 at 9:35 am | Filed Under CM
So your company has implemented a change and configuration management (CCM) system instead of a lighter version control. It was likely purchased at considerable cost, so how is it working and is it worth all the effort? Here is a quick way to measure the effectiveness of the tool, implementation and hopefully training to tell. [...]
Another Configuration Management Snafu – Asus Edition
Posted on October, 15 at 10:51 pm | Filed Under Asus eee, CM
I think these netbook manufacturers aren’t quite ready for the big leagues yet … at least not in their configuration management process. When are they going to learn that someone needs to have absolute control over the contents of what goes into a build of their products? Here is the latest problem, this time Asus [...]
A Mistake to Use Open Source Version Control Tools?
Posted on October, 1 at 6:58 pm | Filed Under CM
I’m noticing that software shops from small mom and pop IS organizations to large Independent Software Vendors continue to adopt open source tools for version control and configuration management. I wonder if this is a mistake. Open source communities are very different from most software shops that write code for pay. While the open source [...]
How much extra does Changeset Version Control cost developers?
Posted on September, 23 at 9:07 am | Filed Under CM
I have written before about the benefit of advanced configuration management using change sets, namely that it gives you a clear understanding of what is in a build of your software and allows you to control that at a higher level than just individual file versions. The problem some developers face though, is that those [...]
Configuration Management Snafu – Asus edition
Posted on September, 22 at 10:39 am | Filed Under Asus eee, CM
It seems that CM problems are all the rage in with computer hardware companies these days. The most recent comes to us courtesy of Asus, the manufacturer of my beloved eee 900. Asus has released rescue CDs that contain software cracks, cracked licenses, and confidential company documents. It sounds like the software got into the [...]
Google Insights for Search tells the future for Configuration Management Systems
Posted on August, 29 at 6:35 pm | Filed Under CM, Software
I’ve been playing with Google’s new Insights for Search tool and it is a very compelling tool. It allows you to view the Google searching user base’s interest in search terms over time and by geography. This is an incredibly useful tool for judging how interested people are in ideas. Avinash Kaushik over at Occam’s [...]
Real World Configuration Management Snafu
Posted on July, 17 at 8:49 am | Filed Under CM, Software
Here is a short example of what happens when Configuration Management goes wrong. bunnie’s blog is detailing the manufacturing arrangements in china for Chumby. Along the way the author has gained a new respect for the high level of skills evident in the Chinese manufacturing sector and hopefully a new appreciation for configuration management. After [...]
