Configuration management best practices : practical methods that work in the real world /

Successfully Implement High-Value Configuration Management Processes in Any Development Environment As IT systems have grown increasingly complex and mission-critical, effective configuration management (CM) has become critical to an organization's success. Using CM best practices, IT professio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Aiello, Bob, 1958-
Otros Autores: Sachs, Leslie A., 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Addison-Wesley, Ã2011.
Temas:
Information technology > Management.
Configuration management.
Technologie de l'information > Gestion.
Gestion de configurations.
Configuration management
Information technology > Management
Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 : The core CM best practices framework
  • Chapter 1 Source Code Management
  • Goals of Source Code Management
  • Principles of Source Code Management
  • 1.1 Why Is Source Code Management Important?
  • 1.2 Where Do I Start?
  • 1.3 Source Code Management Core Concepts
  • 1.4 Defect and Requirements Tracking
  • 1.5 Managing the Globally Distributed Development Team
  • 1.6 Tools Selection
  • 1.7 Recognizing the Cost of Quality (and Total Cost of Ownership)
  • 1.8 Training
  • 1.9 Defining the Usage Model
  • 1.10 Time to Implement and Risks to Success
  • 1.11 Establishing Your Support Process
  • 1.12 Advanced Features and Empowering Users
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 2 Build Engineering
  • Goals of Build Engineering
  • Principles of Build Engineering
  • 2.1 Why Is Build Engineering Important?
  • 2.2 Where Do I Start?
  • 2.3 Build Engineering Core Concepts
  • 2.4 Core Considerations for Scaling the Build Function
  • 2.5 Build Tools Evaluation and Selection
  • 2.6 Cost of Quality and Training
  • 2.7 Making a Good Build Better
  • 2.8 The Role of the Build Engineer
  • 2.9 Architecture Is Fundamental
  • 2.10 Establishing a Build Process
  • 2.11 Continuous Integration Versus the Nightly Build
  • 2.12 The Future of Build Engineering
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3 Environment Configuration
  • Goals of Environment Configuration Control
  • Principles of Environment Configuration Control
  • 3.1 Why Is Environment Configuration Important?
  • 3.2 Where Do I Start?
  • 3.3 Supporting Code Promotion
  • 3.4 Managing the Configuration
  • 3.5 Practical Approaches to Establishing a CMDB
  • 3.6 Change Control Depends on Environment Configuration
  • 3.7 Minimize the Number of Controls Required
  • 3.8 Managing Environments
  • 3.9 The Future of Environment Configuration
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4 Change Control
  • Goals of Change Control
  • Principles of Change Control
  • 4.1 Why Is Change Control Important?
  • 4.2 Where Do I Start?
  • 4.3 The Seven Types of Change Control
  • 4.4 Creating a Change Control Function
  • 4.5 Examples of Change Control in Action
  • 4.6 Don't Forget the Risk
  • 4.7 Driving the CM Process Through Change Control
  • 4.8 Entry/Exit Criteria
  • 4.9 After-Action Review
  • 4.10 Make Sure That You Evaluate Yourself
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 Release Management
  • Goals of Release Management
  • Principles of Release Management
  • 5.1 Why Is Release Management Important?
  • 5.2 Where Do I Start?
  • 5.3 Release Management Concepts and Practices
  • 5.4 The Ergonomics of Release Management
  • 5.5 Release Management as Coordination
  • 5.6 Requirements Tracking
  • 5.7 Taking Release Management to the Next Level
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6 Deployment
  • Goals of Deployment
  • Principles of Deployment
  • 6.1 Why Is Deployment Important?
  • 6.2 Where Do I Start?
  • 6.3 Practices and Examples
  • 6.4 Conducting a Configuration Audit
  • 6.5 Don't Forget the Smoke Test
  • 6.6 Little Things Matter a Lot
  • 6.7 Communications Planning
  • 6.8 Deployment Should Be Delegated
  • 6.9 Trust But Verify
  • 6.10 Improving the Deployment Process
  • Conclusion
  • PART II: ARCHITECTURE AND HARDWARE CM
  • Chapter 7 Architecting Your Application for CM
  • Goals of Architecting Yo

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