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Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration Kindle Edition

by Steve Berczuk (Author), Brad Appleton (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Stereotypes portray software engineers as a reckless lot, and stereotypes paint software configuration management (SCM) devotees as inflexible. Based on these impressions, it is no wonder that projects can be riddled with tension! The truth probably lies somewhere in between these stereotypes, and this book shows how proven SCM practices can foster a healthy team-oriented culture that produces better software. The authors show that workflow, when properly managed, can avert delays, morale problems, and cost overruns. A patterns approach (proven solutions to recurring problems) is outlined so that SCM can be easily applied and successfully leveraged in small to medium sized organizations. The patterns are presented with an emphasis on practicality. The results speak for themselves: improved processes and a motivated workforce that synergize to produce better quality software.
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Effective software configuration management (SCM) strategies promote a healthy, team-oriented culture that produces better software. Software Configuration Management Patterns alleviates software engineers' most common concerns about software configuration management―perceived rigidity and an overemphasis on process.

Through the use of patterns, the authors show that a properly managed workflow can avert delays, morale problems, and cost overruns. The patterns approach illustrates how SCM can be easily and successfully applied in small- to mid-size organizations. By learning how these patterns relate to each other, readers can avoid common mistakes that too often result in frustrated developers and reduced productivity.

Key coverage includes instruction on how to:

  • Develop the next version of a product while fixing problems with the current one.
  • Develop code in parallel with other developers and join up with the current state of codeline.
  • Identify what versions of code went into a particular component.
  • Analyze where a change happened in the history of a component's development.
  • Use current tools more effectively, and decide when to use a manual process.
  • Incrementally introduce good practices into individual workspaces and throughout the organization.
  • Identify crucial aspects of the software process so that team projects can run smoothly.
  • Build and foster a development environment focused on producing optimal teamwork and quality products.

Software Configuration Management Patterns also includes a detailed list of SCM tools and thorough explanations of how they can be used to implement the patterns discussed in the book. These proven techniques will assist readers to improve their processes and motivate their workforce to collaborate in the production of higher quality software.



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About the Author

Stephen P. Berczuk has been developing object-oriented software applications since 1989, often as part of geographically distributed teams. He has been an active member of the Software Patterns community since the first PLoP conference in 1994, and did early work on the relationship between organization, software architecture, and design patterns. He has an M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University and an S.B. in Electrical Engineering from MIT.

Brad Appleton has been a software developer since 1987 and has extensive experience using, developing, and supporting SCM environments for teams of all shapes and sizes. A former Patterns++ section editor for the C++ Report, Brad is also well versed in object-oriented design and agile software development, and cofounded the Chicago Patterns and Chicago Agile Development Groups. He holds an M.S. in Software Engineering and a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics.



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As a software developer, Scrum Master, and software configuration management expert Steve has spent more than 20 years helping teams work together effectively through effective engineering, SCM, and project management practices. Steve is a Certified Scrum Master (Practicing), and a member of the Agile Alliance, IEEE and ACM You can find some of Steve's articles and his blog at www.berczuk.com.

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Paul M. Duvall
5.0 out of 5 stars Real-world SCM for real-world developers
Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2007
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This is an outstanding book for software development teams that see software configuration management as a means to an end, not the end itself. The author immediately establishes credibility with me when he says in the preface "Software configuration management is not what I do. I am not a software configuration management person...I build software systems" Exactly! It's obvious throughout the book that the authors develop software systems and use SCM to effectively support their development effort, not the other way around.

The format of the book is very consistent and thus very easy to read. Each pattern has its own chapter and clearly identifies the problem and the solution in a particular context. It doesn't waste any paper and is a quick read and has been a reference I continue to use on a regular basis. The authors have taken something that can quickly become complex and make it easy to understand.

The authors have a very natural writing style and effectively use sidebars to bring their real-world experiences to the pattern. This book is a must read for software developers. I wish I could give it six stars.

Given my background in CI, I was most drawn to the Mainline, Private Workspace, Repository, Private System Build, Integration Build, Regression Test, and Third Party Codeline patterns. But, there is something for all developers and teams here.
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Eki
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Guide
Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2013
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This book outlines detailed SCM patterns that can be applied to any SCM provider. I use Microsoft Visual SourceSafe and Team Foundation Server at work and Git for open source projects and I find the patterns are perfectly applicable to all.
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Ramon Jimenez
4.0 out of 5 stars A very good primer
Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2011
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This book provides a good starting point for basic configuration management techniques. As it defines a pattern language, it is easy to read and easy to come back to for specific references once you've read through all of it.

However, two things prevent me from giving this book a 5-star rating:

1) The authors focus almost exclusively on source code version control. There is much more to configuration management than version control

2) The book is rather dated. Perhaps a new edition is due with some updates and comments on, for example, distributed version control systems - a lot has certainly changed there and I would reckon the authors have positions about that

In short, a good introductory book. Check out Continuous Delivery and its bibliography for more in-depth coverage of the subject.
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Jean McMahon
5.0 out of 5 stars Provides crucial SCM translations
Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2004
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The authors provide useful generic definitions of the critical SCM patterns. They go onto provide direct mappings between specific tool vocabulary and the patterns. This mapping has been instrumental in establishing a common SCM vocabulary in cross division projects. SCM education and planning are greatly streamlined due to this important translation. "Patterns"is an essential dictionary on all SCM adventures.
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fmcf
2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2013
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Didn't meet my expectations. I purchased this book to learn the formalities of configuration management, since all I know about it is hands-on experience. I was hoping to see lots of well explained patterns with good examples. The book has some patterns, but doesn't provide a lot of guidance about which patterns fits best which scenarios. Not trying to be picky, but the illustrations and chapter opening pictures are cute, but they don't add anything to the contents. It seems to me that authors lost a bit of focus here. Still a good book, but not a great book.
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Mike Tarrani
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential SCM resource for all experience levels
Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2004
I'm a fan of patterns because of the succinct way they convey knowledge and practices, so I rushed out to purchase this book. I was not disappointed for a number of reasons. First, it is true to the concept of patterns, and second, it is all practical with no ivory tower preaching.
The patterns given in this book comprise a complete picture of software configuration management, and will allow you to fully understand the scope and complexity of implementing, managing and continuously improving an SCM process. From the following list you'll see that these patterns are end-to-end:
- Mainline and active development line, both of which are designed to manage baselines, as well as to promote stability in the code base.
- Private Workspace, repository, private versioning, and private system build patterns are the essence of SCM as well as reflecting best practices in team-oriented integration and testing while preserving the integrity of the code base.
- Third party codeline is an interesting pattern that I've not encountered, but one that is highly useful when you are working with subcontractors, or have outsourced some development. The patterns for task level commit and task branches are also useful approaches to team-oriented development, whether internal or distributed among subcontractors.
- Codeline policy, smoke and unit test patterns govern the SCM process and prepare for the transition from development to QA. These are core patterns that are directly tied to the development process.
- Release line, release prep codeline, and regression test patterns cover the promotion to QA and release management portions of the development process.
In addition to the patterns, which are the main value of this book, the clearly articulated chapters on pattern language, SCM concepts, and other contextual information further enhance this book, and is yet another reason why anyone interested in SCM should make reading this book a priority. The supporting web site (ASIN B0000AA6G3) contains errata, a downloadable quick reference card, and sample chapters from this book. If you are still undecided visit the site and you'll find sufficient information with which to decide.
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I. Maclean
3.0 out of 5 stars Print quality lacking
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2008
The book content itself looks great - I've only just received it and started reading. However the print quality looks like it came out of a photo-copier. I have viewed the book online in O'Reilly's safari website and you can clearly see the difference between photo's/diagrams viewed there compared to how they look in the hardcopy. Ie washed out and too dark.
Disappointed - previous Addison Wesley titles haven't suffered some this. Are they or Amazon now using some dodgy POD process these days ?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Book with good source control practices
Reviewed in Mexico on March 18, 2023
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The first part is difficult because the concepts are very general in an environment where there was so many version control systems, but when you understand this concepts the rest of the book is easy to understand and all the patterns are still working, it help me to understand how to use git better
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Mikel Sola
5.0 out of 5 stars muy interesante
Reviewed in Spain on March 19, 2018
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El libro estaba en perfecto estado, casi nuevo. Esta escrito hace años pero es muy aplicable al día a dia.
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Wolfgang Keller
3.0 out of 5 stars Schon sehr grundlegend
Reviewed in Germany on October 26, 2011
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Das Buch wurde mir von einem Freund empfohlen, weil ich etwas zu Build Servern lesen wollte. Nachdem ich beide Autoren als "gute Patternschreiber" kenne, habe ich es mal ausprobiert. Das was sich in dem Buch findet ist allerdings schon sehr "basic" - da geht es im wesentlichen darum, was Versionen und Branches sind und was ein Merge ist - das ganze zugegeben sehr sauber aufgeschrieben in Form von Patterns - aber fast schon "zu trivial" für wirklich interessante Patterns ..

Will heißen: Um zu kapieren, was Versionsverwaltung an sich ist, braucht man das Buch nicht unbedingt - es ist sehr ehrenvoll, dass das aufgeschrieben wurde - aber die Patternform ist nicht zwingend notwendig um Grundlagen zu erklären. Und um zu verstehen, wie man heute in einem agilen Projekt einen Continuous Integration Server mit Build-Management und und uns aufbaut, reicht das Buch nicht mal annähernd aus. Hat auch zugegeben garnicht den Anspruch. Deckt wirklich nur die Aspekte ab, die in einem Subversion oder PVCS drin sind.
Wer sich für CI-Server interessiert, dem sei zum Beispiel  Continuous Delivery: Reliable Software Releases Through Build, Test, and Deployment Automation (Addison-Wesley Signature)  empfohlen
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