Software maintenance typically requires 40-60% of the total lifecycle effort for a software product, with some cases requiring as much as 90%. A widely used rule of thumb is that maintenance activities are distributed as 60% for enhancements, 20% for adaptations, and 20% for corrections. Studies show the typical level of effort devoted to software maintenance is around 50% of the total lifecycle effort. Boehm suggests measuring maintenance effort using an activity ratio that considers the number of instructions added or modified over the total instructions. The effort required can then be estimated using programmer months based on the activity ratio and an effort adjustment factor. Emphasis on reliability during development can reduce future maintenance effort.
This document discusses several software cost estimation techniques:
1. Top-down and bottom-up approaches - Top-down estimates system-level costs while bottom-up estimates costs of each module and combines them.
2. Expert judgment - Widely used technique where experts estimate costs based on past similar projects. It utilizes experience but can be biased.
3. Delphi estimation - Estimators anonymously provide estimates in rounds to reach consensus without group dynamics influencing individuals.
4. Work breakdown structure - Hierarchical breakdown of either the product components or work activities to aid bottom-up estimation.
source code metrics and other maintenance tools and techniquesSiva Priya
The document discusses two source code metrics: Halstead's effort equation and McCabe's cyclomatic complexity measure. Halstead's metrics are based on counts of operators, operands, unique operators, and unique operands in source code. McCabe's measure defines the complexity of a program's control flow graph based on the number of edges, nodes, and connected components. The document also mentions that software maintenance involves a range of activities from code modification to tracking complexity metrics over time.
This document provides an overview of software maintenance. It discusses that software maintenance is an important phase of the software life cycle that accounts for 40-70% of total costs. Maintenance includes error correction, enhancements, deletions of obsolete capabilities, and optimizations. The document categorizes maintenance into corrective, adaptive, perfective and preventive types. It also discusses the need for maintenance to adapt to changing user requirements and environments. The document describes approaches to software maintenance including program understanding, generating maintenance proposals, accounting for ripple effects, and modified program testing. It discusses challenges like lack of documentation and high staff turnover. The document also introduces concepts of reengineering and reverse engineering to make legacy systems more maintainable.
The document discusses different types of software metrics that can be used to measure various aspects of software development. Process metrics measure attributes of the development process, while product metrics measure attributes of the software product. Project metrics are used to monitor and control software projects. Metrics need to be normalized to allow for comparison between different projects or teams. This can be done using size-oriented metrics that relate measures to the size of the software, or function-oriented metrics that relate measures to the functionality delivered.
The document discusses important concepts for effective software project management including focusing on people, product, process, and project. It emphasizes that defining project scope and establishing clear objectives at the beginning of a project are critical first steps. Finally, it outlines factors for selecting an appropriate software development process model and adapting it to the specific project.
This document discusses criteria for modularization in software design. It defines modules as named entities that contain instructions, logic, and data structures. Good modularization aims to decompose a system into functional units with minimal coupling between modules. Modules should be designed for high cohesion (related elements) and low coupling (dependencies). The types of coupling from strongest to weakest are content, common, control, stamp, and data coupling. The document also discusses different types of cohesion within modules from weakest to strongest. The goal is functional cohesion with minimal coupling between modules.
This document discusses 15 factors that influence quality and productivity in software development processes: individual ability, team communication, product complexity, appropriate notations, systematic approaches, change control, level of technology, level of reliability, problem understanding, available time, required skills, facilities and resources, adequacy of training, management skills, and appropriate goals. Each factor is described in 1-3 paragraphs on how it can impact quality and productivity.
Software maintenance typically requires 40-60% of the total lifecycle effort for a software product, with some cases requiring as much as 90%. A widely used rule of thumb is that maintenance activities are distributed as 60% for enhancements, 20% for adaptations, and 20% for corrections. Studies show the typical level of effort devoted to software maintenance is around 50% of the total lifecycle effort. Boehm suggests measuring maintenance effort using an activity ratio that considers the number of instructions added or modified over the total instructions. The effort required can then be estimated using programmer months based on the activity ratio and an effort adjustment factor. Emphasis on reliability during development can reduce future maintenance effort.
This document discusses several software cost estimation techniques:
1. Top-down and bottom-up approaches - Top-down estimates system-level costs while bottom-up estimates costs of each module and combines them.
2. Expert judgment - Widely used technique where experts estimate costs based on past similar projects. It utilizes experience but can be biased.
3. Delphi estimation - Estimators anonymously provide estimates in rounds to reach consensus without group dynamics influencing individuals.
4. Work breakdown structure - Hierarchical breakdown of either the product components or work activities to aid bottom-up estimation.
source code metrics and other maintenance tools and techniquesSiva Priya
The document discusses two source code metrics: Halstead's effort equation and McCabe's cyclomatic complexity measure. Halstead's metrics are based on counts of operators, operands, unique operators, and unique operands in source code. McCabe's measure defines the complexity of a program's control flow graph based on the number of edges, nodes, and connected components. The document also mentions that software maintenance involves a range of activities from code modification to tracking complexity metrics over time.
This document provides an overview of software maintenance. It discusses that software maintenance is an important phase of the software life cycle that accounts for 40-70% of total costs. Maintenance includes error correction, enhancements, deletions of obsolete capabilities, and optimizations. The document categorizes maintenance into corrective, adaptive, perfective and preventive types. It also discusses the need for maintenance to adapt to changing user requirements and environments. The document describes approaches to software maintenance including program understanding, generating maintenance proposals, accounting for ripple effects, and modified program testing. It discusses challenges like lack of documentation and high staff turnover. The document also introduces concepts of reengineering and reverse engineering to make legacy systems more maintainable.
The document discusses different types of software metrics that can be used to measure various aspects of software development. Process metrics measure attributes of the development process, while product metrics measure attributes of the software product. Project metrics are used to monitor and control software projects. Metrics need to be normalized to allow for comparison between different projects or teams. This can be done using size-oriented metrics that relate measures to the size of the software, or function-oriented metrics that relate measures to the functionality delivered.
The document discusses important concepts for effective software project management including focusing on people, product, process, and project. It emphasizes that defining project scope and establishing clear objectives at the beginning of a project are critical first steps. Finally, it outlines factors for selecting an appropriate software development process model and adapting it to the specific project.
This document discusses criteria for modularization in software design. It defines modules as named entities that contain instructions, logic, and data structures. Good modularization aims to decompose a system into functional units with minimal coupling between modules. Modules should be designed for high cohesion (related elements) and low coupling (dependencies). The types of coupling from strongest to weakest are content, common, control, stamp, and data coupling. The document also discusses different types of cohesion within modules from weakest to strongest. The goal is functional cohesion with minimal coupling between modules.
This document discusses 15 factors that influence quality and productivity in software development processes: individual ability, team communication, product complexity, appropriate notations, systematic approaches, change control, level of technology, level of reliability, problem understanding, available time, required skills, facilities and resources, adequacy of training, management skills, and appropriate goals. Each factor is described in 1-3 paragraphs on how it can impact quality and productivity.
This ppt covers the following
A strategic approach to testing
Test strategies for conventional software
Test strategies for object-oriented software
Validation testing
System testing
The art of debugging
Real Time Systems,Issues of real time system,Notations, state oriented Petrinets,Milestones, Walkthroughs, Inspections, Test plans,Functional test,Performance test,Stress test,Structural test
The document discusses staffing level estimation over the course of a software development project. It describes how the number of personnel needed varies at different stages: a small group is needed for planning and analysis, a larger group for architectural design, and the largest number for implementation and system testing. It also references models like the Rayleigh curve and Putnam's interpretation that estimate personnel levels over time. Tables show estimates for the distribution of effort, schedule, and personnel across activities for different project sizes. The key idea is that staffing requirements fluctuate throughout the software life cycle, with peaks during implementation and testing phases.
This document discusses different types of software metrics including process, product, and project metrics. It defines metrics as quantitative measures of attributes and discusses how they can be used as indicators to improve processes and projects. Process metrics measure attributes of the development process over long periods of time. Product metrics measure attributes of the software at different stages. Project metrics are used to monitor and control projects. The document also discusses size-oriented and function-oriented metrics for normalization and comparison purposes. It provides examples of calculating function points and deriving metrics like errors per function point.
The document discusses organization and team structures for software development organizations. It explains the differences between functional and project formats. The functional format divides teams by development phase (e.g. requirements, design), while the project format assigns teams to a single project. The document notes advantages of the functional format include specialization, documentation, and handling staff turnover. However, it is not suitable for small organizations with few projects. The document also describes common team structures like chief programmer, democratic, and mixed control models.
The document discusses different structures for programming teams:
- Democratic structure where all members participate in decisions and leadership rotates.
- Chief programmer structure with one lead programmer who designs work and manages others.
- Hierarchical structure that combines aspects of the democratic and chief programmer models with levels like project leader, senior programmers, and junior programmers.
The structures vary in things like communication paths, decision making, and suitability for different types and sizes of projects.
The document discusses software estimation and project planning. It covers estimating project cost and effort through decomposition techniques and empirical estimation models. Specifically, it discusses:
1) Decomposition techniques involve breaking down a project into functions and tasks to estimate individually, such as estimating lines of code or function points for each piece.
2) Empirical estimation models use historical data from past projects to generate estimates.
3) Key factors that affect estimation accuracy include properly estimating product size, translating size to effort/time/cost, and accounting for team abilities and requirements stability.
What is Quality ||
Software Quality Metrics ||
Types of Software Quality Metrics ||
Three groups of Software Quality Metrics ||
Customer Satisfaction Metrics ||
Tools used for Quality Metrics/Measurements ||
PERT and CPM ||
The document discusses factors related to software project size and effort. It provides the following key points:
1) Software development and maintenance can account for a significant portion of economic activity, with estimates that it will account for 12.5% of the US GDP by 1990.
2) Most effort is spent on maintenance rather than development, with estimates that maintenance accounts for 60-90% of total effort.
3) Software project size is categorized based on factors like number of programmers, duration, lines of code, and interactions/complexity. These range from trivial single-programmer projects to extremely large projects involving thousands of programmers over 5-10 years.
4) A 1964 study found that programmers only spent
Software Project Management (monitoring and control)IsrarDewan
Monitoring and Controlling are processes needed to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project. It also identifies any areas where changes to the project management method are required and initiates the required changes.
The document discusses the spiral model of software development. The spiral model is an iterative approach that combines prototyping and aspects of the waterfall model. It was defined by Barry Boehm in 1988 as a way to address risks through iterative evaluation and improvement of prototypes. The spiral model is best for medium to high risk projects where requirements are complex or expected to change. It involves evaluating prototypes, defining new prototypes based on learnings, and repeating this process until the final product is delivered.
This document discusses different process models used in software development. It describes the key phases and characteristics of several common process models including waterfall, prototyping, V-model, incremental, iterative, spiral and agile development models. The waterfall model involves sequential phases from requirements to maintenance without iteration. Prototyping allows for user feedback earlier. The V-model adds verification and validation phases. Incremental and iterative models divide the work into smaller chunks to allow for iteration and user feedback throughout development.
Evolutionary process models allow developers to iteratively create increasingly complete versions of software. Examples include the prototyping paradigm, spiral model, and concurrent development model. The prototyping paradigm uses prototypes to elicit requirements from customers. The spiral model couples iterative prototyping with controlled development, dividing the project into framework activities. The concurrent development model concurrently develops components with defined interfaces to enable integration. These evolutionary models allow flexibility and accommodate changes but require strong communication and updated requirements.
The document discusses software measurement and metrics. It defines software measurement as quantifying attributes of software products and processes. Metrics are used to measure software quality levels. There are different types of metrics including product, process, and project metrics. Common software metrics include lines of code, function points, and complexity measures. Metrics should be quantitative, understandable, repeatable, and economical to compute.
This document discusses software metrics and how they can be used to measure various attributes of software products and processes. It begins by asking questions that software metrics can help answer, such as how to measure software size, development costs, bugs, and reliability. It then provides definitions of key terms like measurement, metrics, and defines software metrics as the application of measurement techniques to software development and products. The document outlines areas where software metrics are commonly used, like cost estimation and quality/reliability prediction. It also discusses challenges in implementing metrics and provides categories of metrics like product, process, and project metrics. The remainder of the document provides examples and formulas for specific software metrics.
Evolving role of Software,Legacy software,CASE tools,Process Models,CMMInimmik4u
The Evolving role of Software – Software – The changing Nature of Software – Legacy software, Introduction to CASE tools, A generic view of process– A layered Technology – A Process Framework – The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) – Process Assessment – Personal and Team Process Models. Product and Process. Process Models – The Waterfall Model – Incremental Process Models – Incremental Model – The RAD Model – Evolutionary Process Models – Prototyping – The Spiral Model – The Concurrent Development Model – Specialized Process Models – the Unified Process.
Formal Specification in Software Engineering SE9koolkampus
This document discusses formal specification techniques for software. It describes algebraic techniques for specifying interfaces as abstract data types and model-based techniques for specifying system behavior. Algebraic specifications define operations and their relationships, while model-based specifications represent the system state using mathematical constructs like sets and sequences. Formal specification finds errors earlier and reduces rework, though it requires more upfront effort. The document also provides an example of formally specifying an air traffic control system and insulin pump.
Learn about Agile Methodology of Software Engineering and study concepts like What is Agile, Why Agile is there, Agile Principles, Agile Manifesto with Pros & Cons of it.
Presentation also include Agile Testing Methodology like Scrum, Crystal Methodologies, DSDM, Feature Driven Development, Lean Software Development & Extreme Programming.
If you watch this one please rate it and do share this presentation to others so then can easily learn more about the Agile Methodology.
The document discusses project planning in software engineering. It defines project planning and its importance. It describes the project manager's responsibilities which include project planning, reporting, risk management, and people management. It discusses challenges in software project planning. The RUP process for project planning is then outlined which involves creating artifacts like the business case and software development plan. Risk management is also a key part of project planning.
Software Configuration Management (CM) establishes and maintains product integrity throughout development. CM involves four key functions: identification, control, status accounting, and audits of configuration items. CM planning tasks include identifying items, baselines, and roles. CM execution tasks are configuration control, status accounting, and audits. CM records like plans, schedules, change requests, audit results must be organized and maintained.
The document discusses configuration management for software engineering projects. It covers topics such as configuration management planning, change management, version and release management, and the use of CASE tools to support configuration management. Configuration management aims to manage changes to software products and control system evolution through activities like change control, version control, and configuration auditing.
This ppt covers the following
A strategic approach to testing
Test strategies for conventional software
Test strategies for object-oriented software
Validation testing
System testing
The art of debugging
Real Time Systems,Issues of real time system,Notations, state oriented Petrinets,Milestones, Walkthroughs, Inspections, Test plans,Functional test,Performance test,Stress test,Structural test
The document discusses staffing level estimation over the course of a software development project. It describes how the number of personnel needed varies at different stages: a small group is needed for planning and analysis, a larger group for architectural design, and the largest number for implementation and system testing. It also references models like the Rayleigh curve and Putnam's interpretation that estimate personnel levels over time. Tables show estimates for the distribution of effort, schedule, and personnel across activities for different project sizes. The key idea is that staffing requirements fluctuate throughout the software life cycle, with peaks during implementation and testing phases.
This document discusses different types of software metrics including process, product, and project metrics. It defines metrics as quantitative measures of attributes and discusses how they can be used as indicators to improve processes and projects. Process metrics measure attributes of the development process over long periods of time. Product metrics measure attributes of the software at different stages. Project metrics are used to monitor and control projects. The document also discusses size-oriented and function-oriented metrics for normalization and comparison purposes. It provides examples of calculating function points and deriving metrics like errors per function point.
The document discusses organization and team structures for software development organizations. It explains the differences between functional and project formats. The functional format divides teams by development phase (e.g. requirements, design), while the project format assigns teams to a single project. The document notes advantages of the functional format include specialization, documentation, and handling staff turnover. However, it is not suitable for small organizations with few projects. The document also describes common team structures like chief programmer, democratic, and mixed control models.
The document discusses different structures for programming teams:
- Democratic structure where all members participate in decisions and leadership rotates.
- Chief programmer structure with one lead programmer who designs work and manages others.
- Hierarchical structure that combines aspects of the democratic and chief programmer models with levels like project leader, senior programmers, and junior programmers.
The structures vary in things like communication paths, decision making, and suitability for different types and sizes of projects.
The document discusses software estimation and project planning. It covers estimating project cost and effort through decomposition techniques and empirical estimation models. Specifically, it discusses:
1) Decomposition techniques involve breaking down a project into functions and tasks to estimate individually, such as estimating lines of code or function points for each piece.
2) Empirical estimation models use historical data from past projects to generate estimates.
3) Key factors that affect estimation accuracy include properly estimating product size, translating size to effort/time/cost, and accounting for team abilities and requirements stability.
What is Quality ||
Software Quality Metrics ||
Types of Software Quality Metrics ||
Three groups of Software Quality Metrics ||
Customer Satisfaction Metrics ||
Tools used for Quality Metrics/Measurements ||
PERT and CPM ||
The document discusses factors related to software project size and effort. It provides the following key points:
1) Software development and maintenance can account for a significant portion of economic activity, with estimates that it will account for 12.5% of the US GDP by 1990.
2) Most effort is spent on maintenance rather than development, with estimates that maintenance accounts for 60-90% of total effort.
3) Software project size is categorized based on factors like number of programmers, duration, lines of code, and interactions/complexity. These range from trivial single-programmer projects to extremely large projects involving thousands of programmers over 5-10 years.
4) A 1964 study found that programmers only spent
Software Project Management (monitoring and control)IsrarDewan
Monitoring and Controlling are processes needed to track, review, and regulate the progress and performance of the project. It also identifies any areas where changes to the project management method are required and initiates the required changes.
The document discusses the spiral model of software development. The spiral model is an iterative approach that combines prototyping and aspects of the waterfall model. It was defined by Barry Boehm in 1988 as a way to address risks through iterative evaluation and improvement of prototypes. The spiral model is best for medium to high risk projects where requirements are complex or expected to change. It involves evaluating prototypes, defining new prototypes based on learnings, and repeating this process until the final product is delivered.
This document discusses different process models used in software development. It describes the key phases and characteristics of several common process models including waterfall, prototyping, V-model, incremental, iterative, spiral and agile development models. The waterfall model involves sequential phases from requirements to maintenance without iteration. Prototyping allows for user feedback earlier. The V-model adds verification and validation phases. Incremental and iterative models divide the work into smaller chunks to allow for iteration and user feedback throughout development.
Evolutionary process models allow developers to iteratively create increasingly complete versions of software. Examples include the prototyping paradigm, spiral model, and concurrent development model. The prototyping paradigm uses prototypes to elicit requirements from customers. The spiral model couples iterative prototyping with controlled development, dividing the project into framework activities. The concurrent development model concurrently develops components with defined interfaces to enable integration. These evolutionary models allow flexibility and accommodate changes but require strong communication and updated requirements.
The document discusses software measurement and metrics. It defines software measurement as quantifying attributes of software products and processes. Metrics are used to measure software quality levels. There are different types of metrics including product, process, and project metrics. Common software metrics include lines of code, function points, and complexity measures. Metrics should be quantitative, understandable, repeatable, and economical to compute.
This document discusses software metrics and how they can be used to measure various attributes of software products and processes. It begins by asking questions that software metrics can help answer, such as how to measure software size, development costs, bugs, and reliability. It then provides definitions of key terms like measurement, metrics, and defines software metrics as the application of measurement techniques to software development and products. The document outlines areas where software metrics are commonly used, like cost estimation and quality/reliability prediction. It also discusses challenges in implementing metrics and provides categories of metrics like product, process, and project metrics. The remainder of the document provides examples and formulas for specific software metrics.
Evolving role of Software,Legacy software,CASE tools,Process Models,CMMInimmik4u
The Evolving role of Software – Software – The changing Nature of Software – Legacy software, Introduction to CASE tools, A generic view of process– A layered Technology – A Process Framework – The Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) – Process Assessment – Personal and Team Process Models. Product and Process. Process Models – The Waterfall Model – Incremental Process Models – Incremental Model – The RAD Model – Evolutionary Process Models – Prototyping – The Spiral Model – The Concurrent Development Model – Specialized Process Models – the Unified Process.
Formal Specification in Software Engineering SE9koolkampus
This document discusses formal specification techniques for software. It describes algebraic techniques for specifying interfaces as abstract data types and model-based techniques for specifying system behavior. Algebraic specifications define operations and their relationships, while model-based specifications represent the system state using mathematical constructs like sets and sequences. Formal specification finds errors earlier and reduces rework, though it requires more upfront effort. The document also provides an example of formally specifying an air traffic control system and insulin pump.
Learn about Agile Methodology of Software Engineering and study concepts like What is Agile, Why Agile is there, Agile Principles, Agile Manifesto with Pros & Cons of it.
Presentation also include Agile Testing Methodology like Scrum, Crystal Methodologies, DSDM, Feature Driven Development, Lean Software Development & Extreme Programming.
If you watch this one please rate it and do share this presentation to others so then can easily learn more about the Agile Methodology.
The document discusses project planning in software engineering. It defines project planning and its importance. It describes the project manager's responsibilities which include project planning, reporting, risk management, and people management. It discusses challenges in software project planning. The RUP process for project planning is then outlined which involves creating artifacts like the business case and software development plan. Risk management is also a key part of project planning.
Software Configuration Management (CM) establishes and maintains product integrity throughout development. CM involves four key functions: identification, control, status accounting, and audits of configuration items. CM planning tasks include identifying items, baselines, and roles. CM execution tasks are configuration control, status accounting, and audits. CM records like plans, schedules, change requests, audit results must be organized and maintained.
The document discusses configuration management for software engineering projects. It covers topics such as configuration management planning, change management, version and release management, and the use of CASE tools to support configuration management. Configuration management aims to manage changes to software products and control system evolution through activities like change control, version control, and configuration auditing.
Software configuration management (SCM) involves managing changes to software throughout its lifecycle. SCM activities are needed because software often needs to change for reasons like new requirements, bugs, or scheduling issues. SCM defines processes and tools to make changes in a controlled manner. It involves roles like configuration managers, programmers, and users. SCM uses concepts like baselines, which are approved versions of software that further development is based on, and software configuration items (SCIs) which are components of a software system that are managed and tracked by the SCM system.
A Brief Introduction to Software Configuration ManagementMd Mamunur Rashid
Configuration management (CM) is the process of identifying, organizing, and controlling software changes. It aims to minimize confusion and maximize productivity by minimizing mistakes during software development. CM manages changes throughout the development process by identifying work products, establishing change control processes, and generating reports. It is important for project success and controlling quality, as uncontrolled changes can delay delivery. CM involves activities like identifying changes, controlling changes, and reporting changes. It utilizes tools like version control systems and bug trackers.
The document discusses software configuration management (SCM) which controls the evolution of complex software systems. SCM provides capabilities like identification, control, status tracking, auditing and reviewing of software work products. The goals of SCM include planning activities, identifying and controlling selected work products, managing changes, and informing groups of status. Objectives include remote administration, reliability, setup ease and more. The document also discusses configuration management processes, baselines, change management processes and tools, and version control.
This document discusses software configuration management (SCM). It provides definitions of SCM from sources like IEEE standards and the SWEBOK. SCM is defined as the process of managing changes to software projects through their lifecycle. Key aspects of SCM discussed include configuration items, versions and variants, baselines, change requests, SCM tools, and the unified change management process.
This document provides an overview of software configuration management (SCM). SCM is an umbrella activity that manages changes to software deliverables throughout the development process. It identifies work products that may change, establishes relationships between them, defines version control mechanisms, controls changes, and audits and reports on changes made. The key aspects of SCM covered are baselines, the SCM process, software configuration items, version control, change control, configuration auditing, and status reporting.
This document discusses software configuration management (SCM). SCM is a set of activities that manage changes to software throughout its lifecycle. It involves identifying items to change, defining relationships between items, and controlling changes. The SCM process includes identifying configuration items, change control, version control, auditing, and reporting. A configuration manager plans the SCM process and oversees configuration control, auditing, and reporting. Popular SCM tools include Visual Source Safe, Concurrent Versions System, Subversion, ClearCase, and Team Foundation Server.
Chapter 8 software quality assurance and configuration auditCliftone Mullah
This document discusses software quality assurance and configuration management. It defines quality assurance as forecasting and preventing quality problems. Software quality assurance aims to ensure software conforms to requirements. Key quality assurance activities include policies, reviews, checklists and testing. Software quality factors are categorized into product operations, revision and transition. Product operations factors include correctness, reliability, efficiency and usability. Formal technical reviews are planned meetings to uncover errors and ensure standards compliance. Guidelines are provided for organizing, preparing and conducting reviews.
Version control, issue tracking and communicationLars Yde
The document discusses version control, issue tracking, and communication in software development. It provides an overview of version control systems like Git and SVN, describing their purpose of managing changes over time and allowing for collaboration. It also covers issue tracking systems and how they are used to record, track, and resolve bugs and tasks. Finally, it discusses tools that support communication for distributed teams, such as Slack, Skype, and shared documents.
This document provides an overview of software configuration management (SCM). It defines SCM as a way to manage evolving software by controlling changes to configuration items. The key activities of SCM include identifying configuration items, establishing baselines, controlling changes through a change management process, and auditing changes. Roles in SCM include developers who implement changes and a configuration management team that manages the SCM process.
The document discusses software configuration management. It defines SCM as using configuration management tools to store versions of system components and build systems from these components while monitoring released versions. The purposes of SCM are to identify, control, and ensure proper implementation of changes as well as report changes. SCM applies to software code, data, documents, and other project materials. Factors that affect proposed changes and the concept of baselines, which serve as a basis for development, are also discussed. Finally, the typical format of a configuration management plan is outlined.
This document discusses software configuration management principles and practices. It begins with an introduction to configuration management and its history. The main principles of SCM are then outlined, including configuration identification, change control, configuration status accounting, and configuration audits/reviews. The document also discusses SCM automation and tools, challenges in SCM, and provides a comparison of various SCM tools.
The document discusses configuration management and software configuration management (SCM) concepts. It defines key SCM terms like baseline, software configuration item, and configuration. It describes the SCM process which includes identification, version control, change control, configuration auditing, and status reporting. Challenges of SCM in component-based software development are also covered. Effective SCM is important for software projects to manage changes and maintain integrity across software versions and releases.
The document discusses software configuration management. It defines configuration management as activities that manage changes throughout the software life cycle. The key goals are to systematically control changes to the configuration and maintain integrity and traceability. Important concepts discussed include software configuration items, baselines, version control, change control processes, and content management for web applications. Secure coding practices are also summarized to develop software that is protected against security vulnerabilities.
The document discusses software configuration management. It defines configuration management as activities that manage change throughout the software life cycle. The key goals are to systematically control changes to the configuration and maintain integrity and traceability. Important concepts discussed include software configuration items, baselines, version control, change control processes, auditing and the configuration management repository.
This document provides an overview of software configuration management (SCM). It defines SCM as the process of managing changes to software work products throughout development. The key aspects of SCM discussed include configuration items, baselines, version control, change control, and configuration status reporting. SCM aims to identify work products that may change, define how to manage different versions, and control changes to maintain software quality.
This document provides an overview of software configuration management (SCM). It defines SCM as the process of managing changes to software work products throughout development. The key aspects of SCM discussed include configuration items, baselines, version control, change control, and configuration status reporting. SCM aims to identify work products that may change, define how to manage different versions, and control changes while auditing and reporting on them.
SE2018_Lec 21_ Software Configuration Management (SCM)Amr E. Mohamed
Configuration management is a software engineering discipline that involves identifying and managing the configuration of software assets such as code, documents, and other project artifacts. It aims to control modifications to software and maintain integrity and traceability throughout the development and maintenance lifecycles. Key aspects of configuration management include configuration identification, change control, configuration management planning, builds, and tools.
Software configuration management is important for controlling changes, monitoring versions, and maintaining traceability during software development. It involves identifying configuration items, controlling releases and changes, recording status, and auditing products. Key aspects include defining baselines, establishing a configuration control board to approve changes, using version control and change control processes, and managing baselines and workspaces. Tools and training are needed to implement configuration management practices.
The document discusses software configuration management. It describes version 1.0 and 1.1 of a software engineering document released on February 2, 2012 and June 2, 2012 respectively by author Kittitouch S. Version 1.1 added details on software configuration versions, tools for managing configuration, and a software configuration management plan. The document then discusses software configuration, management, and control as well as accurate versioning. It describes configuration items, versions, and numerating conventions. The summary provides an overview of the key topics and changes covered in the document.
The document discusses software configuration management (SCM), which involves identifying, controlling, and tracking changes made to software deliverables throughout development. SCM aims to maximize productivity by minimizing mistakes from changes. Key SCM activities include identifying configuration items, controlling changes through a change control board, managing different versions, and auditing configurations. The SCM process centers around an automated repository that stores configuration items and their relationships to support tasks like change management and version control.
Software configuration management (SCM) involves managing evolving software and its associated items throughout development. It establishes processes for initiating, evaluating, and controlling changes to software products. SCM activities include data management, version control, change management, and concurrent development management. SCM helps manage the thousands of items associated with large software projects and ensures all changes are properly tracked and approved.
Software Configuration Management (SCM) systematically manages changes to documents, code, and other project artifacts. It aims to increase productivity with minimal mistakes. SCM identifies configuration items and uses version control and change management to facilitate concurrent changes by multiple developers. Key participants include a configuration manager approving changes, developers maintaining configurations, auditors ensuring consistency and completeness of releases, and a project manager monitoring progress. SCM tools provide concurrency management to prevent issues from concurrent edits and version control to rollback changes. The SCM process involves configuration identification, baselining versions, change control, status tracking, and audits.
SE2_Lec 22_Software Configuration ManagementAmr E. Mohamed
The document discusses software configuration management. It defines key terms like configuration item, version, revision, and baseline. It describes the main functions of configuration management as configuration identification, configuration control, configuration audits, and configuration status accounting. Configuration management is used to identify and track changes to software components, control access to components, and help integrate product parts.
Configuration management is a technique for identifying, organizing, and controlling modifications to software being built by a programming team. It involves identifying changes, monitoring and controlling changes, ensuring proper implementation of changes, auditing changes made, and reporting on changes. The key aspects of configuration management include identification and establishment of configuration items, version control, change control, configuration auditing, and reporting. Configuration management helps improve productivity, reduce errors, and ensure quality and stability by properly controlling and managing all software changes.
Software configuration management (SCM) is necessary to manage evolving software systems and coordinate changes. A SCM plan defines configuration items, responsibilities, and policies for promotions and releases. It also identifies activities, schedules, and tools. Following a standard like IEEE 828 helps ensure all necessary elements are addressed. Tailoring the standard to the project allows balancing bureaucracy with success.
The document discusses software configuration management. It describes SCM as identifying, monitoring, and controlling changes made to software items during maintenance. SCM manages software configuration items (SCIs) which comprise all information produced during software development. As development progresses, SCIs increase rapidly so SCM is needed to manage and control them. SCM identifies changes, ensures proper implementation of changes, and reports on changes made. It aims to maximize productivity by minimizing errors.
The document discusses software maintenance and configuration management. It emphasizes tracking and controlling maintenance activities in response to change requests. It also discusses identifying configuration items, controlling releases and changes, and recording/reporting status. Configuration management aims to control changes by managing work products, versions, and imposed changes through activities like identification, control, implementation, and reporting of changes.
The document discusses software configuration management (SCM) which deals with managing changes to software, documenting changes, organizing approved software versions, and providing information about versions. It defines key SCM concepts like software configuration items (SCIs), configuration versions, and change control boards. It also discusses SCM best practices like defining control levels and responsibilities, identifying SCIs, and establishing configuration management tools and libraries. The document provides examples of SCM audits and risks of partial compliance with SCM procedures. It references additional resources on SCM tools, practices, and training.
The document discusses software configuration management (SCM), which is a set of activities to manage changes to software work products throughout the development lifecycle. SCM involves identifying items that may change, defining relationships between items, and controlling different versions. It describes key SCM concepts like configuration items, baselines, versions, and releases. The SCM process involves identifying items, change control, versioning, auditing and reporting. SCM is administered at the organization and project level according to a configuration management plan.
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Topics covered:
1. VictoriaMetrics development strategy
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* Prioritize security, usability and reliability over new features
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2. Software Configuration
Management (SCM)
Umbrella activity that is applied throughout the software process
Control of the evolution of complex systems
Manages the effects of change throughout the software process
Control of change
Identification of individual SCIs & various versions of the software
Auditing of the software configuration
Reporting of all changes applied to the configuration
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3. Software Configuration
Management (Contd.)
The output of the software
process (Software Configuration
Items) are:
i. Computer Programs (both source
level and executable forms)
ii. Documents that describe the
computer programs (targeted at
both technical practitioners and
users)
iii. Data (contained within the program
or external to it)
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Data
Documents
Program
SCIs
5. Possible Selection of
Configuration Items
Problem Statement
Software Project Management Plan
(SPMP)
Requirements Analysis Document
(RAD)
System Design Document (SDD)
Project Agreement
Object Design Document (ODD)
Dynamic Model
Object model
Functional Model
Unit tests
Integration test strategy
Source code
API Specification
Input data and data bases
Test plan
Test data
Support software (part of the
product)
Support software (not part of the
product)
User manual
Administrator manual
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7. SCM Process
Primary Objectives:
1. To identify all items that
collectively define the
software configuration
2. To manage changes to one
or more of these items
3. To facilitate the
construction of different
versions of an application
4. To ensure that software
quality is maintained as
the configuration evolves
over time
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8. Identification of Objects
To control & manage SCIs, each should be separately named
& then organized using an object-oriented approach.
Types of objects:
i. Basic objects
◦ Unit of information that is created during analysis, design, code or
test.
◦ For Example: Part of design model, source code for a component,
suite of test cases, etc.
ii. Aggregate objects
◦ Collection of basic objects & other another objects.
◦ For Example: Design Specification
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9. Version Control
Combines procedures & tools to manage versions of configuration
objects that are created during the software process
A new version is defined when major changes have been made to one
or more objects
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10. Change Control
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Procedural activity that ensures quality & consistence as changes are made to
a configuration object.
Begins with a change request, leads to a decision to make or reject the request
for change.
11. Configuration Audit
To ensure that change has been properly implemented:
i. Formal Technical Reviews
ii. Software Configuration Audit.
Formal Technical Reviews
Software Quality Assurance (SQA) activity performed by software engineers
(and others)
FTR serves as a training ground, enabling junior engineers to observe
different approaches to software analysis, design, and implementation
Software Configuration Audit
SQA Activity
Helps to ensure that quality is maintained as changes are made
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12. Status Reporting
Configuration Status Reporting
(Status Accounting) is an SCM
task that answers the following
questions:
i. What happened?
ii. When did it happen?
iii. Who did it?
iv. What else will be affected?
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13. SCM Standards
Over the past two decades a number of software configuration
management standards have been proposed.
SCM standards, such as MIL-STD-483, DODSTD- 480A and MIL-STD-
1521A focused on software developed for military applications.
ANSI/IEEE standards. No. 828-1983, No. 1042-1987 and Std. No. 1028-
1988 [IEE94] are applicable for nonmilitary software & are
recommended for both large and small software engineering
organizations.
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