Question

Draw a figure to explain the main activities of Configuration (or Change) Management.

Answer 1

The main activities of Software Configuration Management System are:

• There are multiple people working on software which is continually updating
• It may be a case where multiple version, branches, authors are involved in a software project, and the team is geographically distributed and works concurrently
• Changes in user requirement, policy, budget, schedule need to be accommodated.
• Software should able to run on various machines and Operating Systems
• Helps to develop coordination among stakeholders
• SCM process is also beneficial to control the costs involved in making changes to a system

Any change in the software configuration Items will affect the final product. Therefore, changes to configuration items need to be controlled and managed.