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This paper identifies fundamental principles and practices essential to the successful performance of a configuration management system. Practices are grouped into four categories that govern the management process, ensure product quality, protect software artifacts, and guide tool use. In addition, the practices are prioritized according to their effect on software products and processes and the coverage of the identified principles. When these practices should be applied in the software development lifecycle is discussed, as is the potential for automating and validating practices.
The research described in this publication was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Kirk, R. (2002). Software Configuration Management Principles and Best Practices. In: Oivo, M., Komi-Sirviö, S. (eds) Product Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2559. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36209-6_26
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