Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
XI
xv xxiii
CHAPTER 1 WHAT Is SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT? 1
11 SCM Best Practices3
12 SCM Tools and SCM Process 13
CHAPTER 2 GROWING INTO YOUR SCM SOLUTION 15
21 Dealing with Changing Project Requirements15
22 Evolution of SCM Tools23
23 Summary49
CHAPTERS AN OVERVIEW OF THE UNIFIED CHANGE MANAGEMENT MODEL 51
31 What Is UCM? 51
32 What Is ClearCase? 52
33 ClearCase UCM Process Overview 54
34 The Architect: Defining the Implementation Model57
35 The Configuration Manager: Setting Up the SCM Environment 60
36 The Project Manager: Managing a Project61
37 The Developer: Joining a Project and Doing Development62
38 The Integrator: Integration, Build, and Release63
39 The UCM Baseline+Change Model65
CHAPTER 4 A FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW OF CLEARCASE OBJECTS 69
41 The Repository: Versioned Object Base 69
42 Workspaces: Snapshot and Dynamic Views72
43 Project Management: Projects, Streams, and Activities 78
44 Versioned Objects: Elements, Branches, and Versions 84
45 Component Management: Components and Baselines 89
46 Process: Labels, Attributes, Hyperlinks, Triggers 90
47 Building: Clearmake, Derived Objects, Configuration
Records 93
CHAPTER5 ESTABLISHING THE INITIAL SCM ENVIRONMENT 97
51 ClearCase Architecture Basics97
52 ClearCase Hardware Resource Requirements 106
53 Defining the Implementation Model114
54 Creating the VOBs115
55 Baseline Promotion Levels 124
CHAPTER 6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN CLEARCASE 127
61 What Is a ClearCase Project? 127
62 Creating a ClearCase Project 130
CHAPTER 7 COORDINATING MULTIPLE PROJECT TEAMS AND OTHER SCENARIOS] 45
71 Organizing Large Multiproject Development Efforts145
72 Coordinating Cooperating Projects: Independent
Components148
73 Coordinating Cooperating Projects: Shared Components151
74 Coordinating Multiple Parallel Releases 154
75 Coordinating IS/IT Development Projects158
76 Coordinating Documentation Projects or Small Teams163
77, Using UCM without Activity-based SCM166
CHAPTER 8 DEVELOPMENT USING THE CLEARCASE UCM MODEL 169
81 A Developer's Perspective of UCM 169
82, Joining a Project170
83 Making Changes 173
84 Delivering Changes to the Project176
85 Rebasing Your Development Stream 181
86 Dealing with Conflicting Changes184
CHAPTER 9 INTEGRATION, BUILD, AND RELEASE 191
91 Software Integration 191
92 Isolation and Integration with ClearCase 196
93 Building and Baselining with ClearCase UCM210
94 Staging and Release 217
CHAPTER 10 GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED DEVELOPMENT 223
101 Distributed Development Challenges 224
102 How ClearCase Supports Distributed Development 228
103 Multiple Teams: Producer/Consumer Scenario 233
104 Multiple Teams: Shared Source Scenario 240
105 Single Team: Distributed Members Scenario 245
106 Other Uses for ClearCase MultiSite253
CHAPTER 11 CHANGE REQUEST MANAGEMENT AND CLEARQUEST 255
111 What Is Change Request Management? 255
112 What Are Change Requests? 256
113 The Change Request Management Process 257
114 What Is ClearQuest? 261
115 How Do I Use ClearQuest Data? 264
116 How Does ClearQuest Support UCM? 270
Glossary 273
Bibliography 287
Index 289