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This paper is about discipline. It is about discipline that managers should apply to software development. Why is such discipline needed? Quite simply because the software industry has traditionally behaved in an undisciplined manner—doing its own thing. The products that the industry has turned out have typically Contained other than what was expected (usually less, rather than more); Been delivered much later than scheduled; Cost more than anticipated; Been poorly documented; and If you have been involved in any of the situations quoted above, then this paper may be of some help. In short, if you are now, or intend to be, a software seller or buyer, then you should benefit from an understanding of Software Configuration Management. Lest you think that you are not now, or ever will be, a software seller or buyer—keep in mind that the recent technology explosion in electronic component miniaturization has placed the era of personalized computing at hand. In that context, nearly everyone may be considered a potential seller or buyer of software. This paper is about the discipline called Software Configuration Management (SCM). The objective of SCM is to assist the software seller in achieving product integrity and to assist the software buyer in obtaining a product that has integrity.

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This paper is about discipline. It is about discipline that managers should apply to software development. Why is such discipline needed? Quite simply because the software industry has traditionally behaved in an undisciplined manner—doing its own thing. The products that the industry has turned out have typically Contained other than what was expected (usually less, rather than more); Been delivered much later than scheduled; Cost more than anticipated; Been poorly documented; and If you have been involved in any of the situations quoted above, then this paper may be of some help. In short, if you are now, or intend to be, a software seller or buyer, then you should benefit from an understanding of Software Configuration Management. Lest you think that you are not now, or ever will be, a software seller or buyer—keep in mind that the recent technology explosion in electronic component miniaturization has placed the era of personalized computing at hand. In that context, nearly everyone may be considered a potential seller or buyer of software. This paper is about the discipline called Software Configuration Management (SCM). The objective of SCM is to assist the software seller in achieving product integrity and to assist the software buyer in obtaining a product that has integrity.