| editormt 2006-05-29, 8:04 am |
| The last Methods & Tools' poll examined how software configuration
management (change management / version control) is performed by
organisations. Is it an informal activity or performed with formal
procedures that are validated by an automated tool?
Question: How is software configuration management (change management /
version control) performed at your location?
No formal procedure and no tool 15%
A formal procedure but no tool. 10%
A tool but no formal procedure 26%
A formal procedure and a tool 49%
Participants: 346
As you can see a large majority of participants is using a tool, but
the "managed" part of software configuration is less obvious if you
consider the procedural part. Around 40% of participants have no formal
procedure for software configuration. The need for a procedure depends
on the size of the team and the impact of the developed system. You
don't have the same requirements for medical device software than for a
web site. The good results for the adoption of tools could also be
explained by the good development and adoption of open source software
configuration management tools like CVS or Subversion.
There are some participants that have neither tools nor formal
procedures, but this number should be considered with care as smaller
software development structure have different needs as far as code
sharing or versioning is concerned.
Source: Methods and Tools, http://www.methodsandtools.com
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