For More Information
There are many sources of additional information on version control,
configuration management, software process improvement, and team development.
A few of them are described below.
On the Web
As you know, URLs are subject to constant change.
However some good links in existence at the time of publication are
Configuration Management Yellow Pages
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/users/andre/configuration_
management.html
Configuration Management FAQ Pages
http://www.iac.honeywell.com/Pub/Tech/CM/index.html
MIL-STD-498 Process Management
[Cancelled-Superseded
by IEEE/EIA 12207.0, IEEE/EIA 12207.1 and IEEE/EIA 12207.2 -Ed.]
http://www-library.itsi.disa.mil/
Software Engineering Institute
http://www.sei.cmu.edu/
Books and Articles
Bersoff, Edward H., Vilas D. Henderson, and Stanley
G. Siegel, Software Configuration Management,
An Investment in Product Integrity, Prentice
Hall, 1980, ISBN 0-13-821769-6.
Comaford, Christine, "Stop Coding by the Skin
of Your Teeth," PC Week,
December 2, 1996.
Compton, Stephen B., and Guy R. Conner, Configuration
Management for Software, Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1994. ISBN 0-442-01746-4.
Gagnon, Gabrielle, "Version-Control Software,"
PC Magazine,
March 4, 1997.


The
Author
Deborah
L. Bayles has been in the software industry since 1979 in marketing
and consulting roles for Fortune 500 companies. In 1994 she founded
and is principal of NETouch communications, Inc., a systems integration
and consulting company specializing in developing extranets. She
can be reached at deborah@bayles.com.