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Successfully Implement High-Value Configuration Management Processes in Any Development Environment
As IT systems have grown increasingly complex and mission-critical, effective configuration management (CM) has become critical to an organization’s success. Using CM best practices, IT professionals can systematically manage change, avoiding unexpected problems introduced by changes to hardware, software, or networks. Now, today’s best CM practices have been gathered in one indispensable resource showing you how to implement them throughout any agile or traditional development organization.
Configuration Management Best Practices is practical, easy to understand and apply, and fully reflects the day-to-day realities faced by practitioners. Bob Aiello and Leslie Sachs thoroughly address all six “pillars” of CM: source code management, build engineering, environment configuration, change control, release engineering, and deployment. They demonstrate how to implement CM in ways that support software and systems development, meet compliance rules such as SOX and SAS-70, anticipate emerging standards such as IEEE/ISO 12207, and integrate with modern frameworks such as ITIL, COBIT, and CMMI. Coverage includes
Using CM to meet business objectives, contractual requirements, and compliance rulesEnhancing quality and productivity through lean processes and “just-in-time” process improvementGetting off to a good start in organizations without effective CMImplementing a Core CM Best Practices Framework that supports the entire development lifecycleMastering the “people” side of CM: rightsizing processes, overcoming resistance, and understanding
workplace psychologyArchitecting applications to take full advantage of CM best practicesEstablishing effective IT controls and complianceManaging tradeoffs and costs and avoiding expensive pitfalls
Configuration Management Best Practices is the essential resource for everyone concerned with CM: from CTOs and CIOs to development, QA, and project managers and software engineers to analysts, testers, and compliance professionals.
Praise for Configuration Management Best Practices
“Understanding change is critical to any attempt to manage change. Bob Aiello and Leslie Sachs’s Configuration Management Best Practices presents fundamental definitions and explanations to help practitioners understand change and its potential impact.”
–Mary Lou A. Hines Fritts, CIO and Vice Provost Academic Programs, University of Missouri-Kansas City
“Few books on software configuration management emphasize the role of people and organizational context in defining and executing an effective SCM process. Bob Aiello and Leslie Sachs’s book will give you the information you need not only to manage change effectively but also to manage the transition to a better SCM process.”
–Steve Berczuk, Agile Software Developer, and author of Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration
“Bob Aiello and Leslie Sachs succeed handsomely in producing an important book, at a practical and balanced level of detail, for this topic that often ‘goes without saying’ (and hence gets many projects into deep trouble). Their passion for the topic shows as they cover a wonderful range of topics–even culture, personality, and dealing with resistance to change–in an accessible form that can be applied to any project. The software industry has needed a book like this for a long time!”
–Jim Brosseau, Clarrus Consulting Group, and author of Software Teamwork: Taking Ownership for Success
“A must read for anyone developing or managing software or hardware projects. Bob Aiello and Leslie Sachs are able to bridge the language gap between the myriad of communities involved with successful Configuration Management implementations. They describe practical, real world practices that can be implemented by developers, managers, standard makers, and even Classical CM Folk.”
–Bob Ventimiglia, Bobev Consulting
“A fresh and smart review of today’s key concepts of SCM, build management, and related key practices on day-to-day software engineering. From the voice of an expert, Bob Aiello and Leslie Sachs offer an invaluable resource to success in SCM.”
–Pablo Santos Luaces, CEO of Codice Software
“Bob Aiello and Leslie Sachs have a gift for stimulating the types of conversation and thought that necessarily precede needed organizational change. What they have to say is always interesting and often important.”
–Marianne Bays, Business Consultant, Manager and Educator
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional; 1st edition (August 10, 2010)
Language : English
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0321685865
ISBN-13 : 978-0321685865
Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
Dimensions : 7 x 0.85 x 9.1 inches
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: MUST READ FOR SCM PRO'S
Review: I have reviewed this book and I am not surprised how right on the money it is! I know Bob from CMCrossRoads so I am not surprised that the book is a very useful, and right on point, to the subject of CM in today's corporate world!I have many books on the subject and most are very dry, and text book like! It is great to have a more 'real' book on the subject that takes the task of SCM and makes it easy for anyone to understand! My only fear is he is going to take some of my future clients away from me as they will understand the subject too well!!...8-) LOLGreat job guys!-----mikeD348
Reviewer: Alejandro Falkowski
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Descent
Review: I believe that there is a lot of practical advise in this book and I think it's great that the author does not try to compare all the tools on the market. However I would of still have preferred some examples of how certain problems were solved and what tools were used. Maybe this will be available in the future on the website as currently it is pretty empty.
Reviewer: Petr Smirnov
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Three Stars
Review: Nice
Reviewer: jguinn3
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Five Stars
Review: great product, fast shipping
Reviewer: Marc Towersap
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Highly recommended for SCM/Release
Review: Great book! It's not really technical, it doesn't have script examples, and doesn't enter into the use-this-tool vs. that-tool debate. It's not specific to a particular set of tools, which is great. The value of this book is that it focuses more on establishing approaches to SCM. Items include how to attack SCM problems, items to consider, and even how to approach things from a people perspective. Often we get so focused on the technical side we may miss the people side. I will be using what I've learned from this book.
Reviewer: Lisa Burleson
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Meh
Review: I would not recommend this book at all if you are looking for practical examples of configuration management practices. It seems more about the mindset and many anecdotes of the author's experiences. Not what I needed.
Reviewer: gawws
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good content but needs better editing, organization and formatting
Review: "Configuration Management Best Practices" is a sharing of process wisdom by one who is obviously a seasoned practitioner. Author Robert Aiello has spent some time in the trenches of the Unix and Java platforms and has learned best practices the hard way. (Note that the text is indeed heavily oriented toward Java ... .NET-related comments are an obvious after-thought. Which is okay as the book is not a technical deep dive, but the reader should just beware.)The author presents his subject in four parts. In the first part, "The Core CM Best Practices Framework", the author subdivides into six functional areas which he describes in a similar manner. This section is certainly worthwhile and captures the activities, but I was confused by the normalization of the material: trying to distinguish between build v release v deployment seems to add at least one section too many, regardless of what the official terminology is. The next part on "Architecture and Hardware Configuration Management" was only few short pages and provided little value for me. Part 3 on "The People Side of CM" brought up some interesting ideas, but I question whether they fit with the theme of this book. In Part 4, the author hit his full stride with an excellent survey on frameworks and compliance in the context of SCM."Configuration Management Best Practices" is good content in need of a better editor. The abstractions resulted in confusion and repetition, especially in Part 1. While the text was not riddled with typos and grammar mistakes, there were a noticeable few. Legal outline numbering works well in white papers and SOWs, but I don't think it added much to this book beyond confusion (At one point, paragraph numbering was five levels deep!). The use of anecdotes produced mixed results. I liked the anecdotes about release mistakes causing chaos in the world economy and with critical life support systems, but they were too short and sketchy to fully illustrate their point. Elsewhere, such as in "Overcoming Resistance to Change", there seemed to be too many anecdotes with questionable relevancy. In several instances, the author brought up some good ideas but provided only a teaser level of detail - thus leaving them undeveloped.I recommend "Configuration Management Best Practices". I learned from it, but it could have been better. I have a more detailed review on my blog "The IT Manager" at itmgr.org.
Reviewer: Matthew Vieira
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Book is very good.