Impact of the research community on the field of software configuration management
Jacky Estublier, David B. Leblang, Geoffrey M. Clemm, Reidar Conradi, Walter F. Tichy, André van der Hoek, Darcy Wiborg-Weber · ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes · 2002
Software Configuration Management (SCM) is an important discipline in professional software development and maintenance. The importance of SCM has increased as programs have become larger and more complex and mission/life-critical. This paper discusses the evolution of SCM technology from the early days of software development to present and the impact university and industrial research has had along the way. It also includes a survey of the industrial state-of-the-practice and research directions.The paper published here is not intended to be a definitive assessment. Rather, our intention is to solicit comments and corrections from the community to help refine the work. If you would like to provide further information, please contact the first author. A longer version of this report can be found at http://wwwadele.imag.fr/SCMImpact.pdf.