Talks about software configuration management strategies and IBM Rational Clearcase.

Acknowledgments. About the Authors. Preface to the Second Edition. 1. What is Software Configuration Management? SCM Best Practices. Identify and Store Artifacts in a Secure Repository. Control and Audit Changes to Artifacts. Organize Versioned Artifacts into Versioned Components. Organize Versioned Components and Subsystems into New Versioned Subsystems. Create Baselines at Project Milestones. Record and Track Requests for Change. Organize and Integrate Consistent Sets of Versions Using Activities. Maintain Stable and Consistent Workspaces. Support Concurrent Changes to Artifacts and Components. Integrate Early and Often. Ensure Reproducibility of Software Builds. SCM Tools and SCM Process. SCM Tools. SCM Process. Summary. 2. Growing into Your SCM Solution. Dealing with Changing Project Requirements. Increasing Software System Complexity. Increasing Project Environment Complexity. Changing Life Cycle Phase. Changing Processes and Personnel. Evolution of SCM Tools. Five Project Team Categories. In the Absence of SCM Tools. Early SCM Tool Support. Modern SCM Tool Support. Advanced SCM Tool Support. Summary. 3. An Overview of the Unified Change Management Model. What Is UCM? The Value of UCM. Abstraction. Stability. Control. Communication. What Is ClearCase? The ClearCase UCM Model. The UCM Baseline + Change Model. What Is ClearQuest? ClearCase UCM Process Overview. The Architect. The Configuration Manager. The Project Manager. The Developer. The Integrator The Architect: Defining the Implementation Model. ClearCase Components. Components in the Unified Modeling Language. The Configuration Manager: Setting Up the SCM Environment. The Project Manager: Managing a Project. The Developer: Joining a Project and Doing Development. The Integrator: Integration, Build, and Release. Releasing a Component. System Integration. Releasing Systems and Subsystems. Summary. 4. A Functional Overview of ClearCase Objects. The Repository: Versioned Object Base. Workspaces: Snapshot and Dynamic View. Snapshot Views. Web Views. Dynamic Views. Differences Between Snapshot and Dynamic Views. Project Management: Projects, Streams, and Activities. Projects. Streams. Activities. Versioned Objects: Elements, Branches, and Versions. Directory Versioning. Element Types. Component Management: Components and Baselines. Components. Baselines. Process: Labels, Attributes, Hyperlinks, Triggers. Labels. Attributes. Hyperlinks. Triggers. Creating and Managing Types. Building: Clearmake, Derived Objects, Configuration Records. Build Audit. Object Sharing. Parallel and Distributed Builds. Clearmake versus Classic Make Summary 5. Establishing the Initial SCM Environment. ClearCase Architecture Basics. The License Server and Registry Server. The VOB Server and View Server. The ALBD Server and Client Processes. The Multiversion File System. Example Hardware Configuration. ClearCase Hardware Resource Requirements. Memory Requirements. Disk I/O Requirements. Network Bandwidth and Reliability. CPU. Other Recommendations. User, VOB, and View Limits. VOB Sizing Considerations. Monitoring and Tuning for ClearCase Performance. Measuring the Lowest Level. Measuring the Middle Level. Measuring the Top Level. Defining the Implementation Model. Creating the VOBs. Creating the PVOB Using the Command-Line Interface. Creating the PVOB Using the Graphical User Interface. Using Administration VOBs. Using More Than One PVOB. Creating VOBs and Components Using the Command-Line Interface. Creating VOBs and Components Using the Graphical User Interface Importing Existing Source Code. Baseline Promotion Levels. Summary. 6. Project Management in ClearCase. What Is a ClearCase Project? Who Is Making Changes? What Is Being Changed? How Are Changes Being Made? How Do Changes Flow and Get Integrated? Creating a ClearCase Project. Identifying Your Project Manager. Identifying Your Components and Baselines. Determining Your Project's Policies. Determining Your UCM Project Properties. Choosing the Location for Your Project. Creating Your Project. Summary. 7. Managing and Organizing Your ClearCase Projects. Coordinating Multiple Parallel Releases. The Follow-On Project. The Mainline Project. Project Completion. Project Creation. Multiple Parallel Projects. Organizing Large Multiproject Development Efforts. Architecture-Oriented Project Teams. Feature-Oriented Project Teams. Coordinating Cooperating Projects: Independent Components. Project Creation. Iteration Planning. Integration. Coordinating Cooperating Projects: Shared Components. Project Creation. Iteration Planning. Integration. Coordinating IS/IT Development Projects. Choosing Which Features to Work On. Implementing an Approval Process. Performing Emergency Bug Fixes. Planning for a Major Release. Coordinating Documentation Projects or Small Teams. Project Creation. Joining a Project. Delivering Changes. Updating the Workspace. Creating Baselines. Summary. 8. Development Using the ClearCase UCM Model. A Developer's Perspective of UCM. Working on a Project. Making Changes. Working with Activities. Modifying Files and Directories. Working from the Command Line. Delivering Changes to the Project. Check In Any Outstanding Checked-Out Elements. Rebase from the Project's Latest Recommended Baselines. Run the ClearCase Deliver Command. Build and Test the Delivery. Complete or Cancel the Delivery. Rebasing Your Development Stream. Run the Rebase Operation. Build and Test. Complete or Cancel the Rebase. Dealing with Conflicting Changes. Delivery Scenario 1 (No Conflicts). Delivery Scenario 2 (No Conflicts). Delivery Scenario 3 (With Conflicts). Rebase Scenario 1 (No Conflicts). Rebase Scenario 2 (With Conflicts). ClearCase Merge Tools. Seamlessly Integrating with Developer's IDE. Summary. 9. Integration Software Integration. Merge Integration. Assembly Integration. Integration Scenarios for Teams of Differing Sizes. Isolation and Integration with ClearCase. The Shared View: No Isolation. Branch/LATEST Development: Maximizing Integration. Using Branches for Isolation and Integration. Integration with UCM. Summary. 10.Building, Baselining, and Release Deployment. Baselining and Building with UCM. Locking the Integration Stream. Baselining Software Components. Building Software Components. Executing Smoke Tests. Using Build Stabilization Streams. Promoting and Recommending Software Component Baselines. Unlocking the Integration Stream. Automating the Nightly Build Process. Staging, Deployment, and Release. The Staging Component. Using the Assembly Project for Deployment of Releases. Modeling the Deployment Stages of a Release with Streams. ClearQuest's Role in Deployment. Summary. 11. Geographically Distributed Development. Distributed Development Challenges. Organization. Communication. Technology. How ClearCase Supports Distributed Development. Remote Terminal or Desktop Access. Remote Client Access. Web Access. Disconnected Use. Local Access. What Is the ClearCase Remote Client (CCRC)? What Is ClearCase MultiSite? What Is ClearQuest MultiSite? Using ClearCase MultiSite and ClearQuest MultiSite Together. Multiple Teams: Producer/Consumer Scenario. Supporting Producer/Consumer Teams. How UCM Supports the Producer/Consumer Model. How Base ClearCase Supports the Producer/Consumer Model. Producer/Consumer Summary. Multiple Teams: Shared Source Code Scenario. How UCM Supports Shared Source Code. How Base ClearCase Supports Shared Source Code. Shared Source Code Summary. Single Team: Distributed Members Scenario. How the UCM Model Supports Local Access. How Base ClearCase Supports Local Use. Branching by Activity. Single Team: Distributed Members Summary. Other Uses for ClearCase MultiSite. MultiSite for Backup. MultiSite for Delivery. MultiSite for Platform Interoperability. Summary. 12. Change Request Management and ClearQuest. What Is Change Request Management? What Are Change Requests? The Change Request Management Process. Submission. Evaluation. Decision. Implementation. Verification. Completion. What Is ClearQuest? How Do I Use ClearQuest Data? Queries. Reports. Charts. How Does ClearQuest Support UCM? ClearQuest MultiSite. Summary. Appendix A. Redoing and Undoing Change Sets with UCM. Location of Script. Limit Script Use to Integrator Role. Script Interface. Why Is This Useful? Redoing an Activity on Another Stream. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.