
298 CHAPTER 11 Configuration Management, Integration, and Builds
11.1 Software Configuration Management
Software configuration management is the process of managing all the
pieces and parts of artifacts produced as part of software development and
support activities. In this chapter, we will occasionally refer to software arti-
facts as software items or software piece parts and will sometimes drop the
word
software
that precedes the word
artifact
. Software configuration man-
agement is itself composed of a multitude of activities:
■
Understanding the policy, process activities, and the resulting arti-
facts that need to be managed
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Determining and defining ...