Software Change, Configuration and Release Management
COURSE TYPE
Foundation
Course Number
342
Duration
3 Days
Increase efficiency, and decrease maintenance time and development costs with this Software Control Management (SCM) training. In this course, you practice configuration activities — such as configuration planning, change control and management, system building, and version and release management — and learn how the application core processes of SCM contribute to the success of a software project.
You Will Learn How To
- Implement and effectively lead SCM activities
- Match project needs to CM process capability
- Construct a CM plan for traditional and Agile projects
- Manage requests by specifying Configuration Control procedures
Important Course Information
Recommended Experience:
- Familiarity with the software development life cycle
Course Outline
- Configuration and Release Management
Analyzing business factors driving CM
- Determining causes of failure in project scenarios
- Positioning strong internal CM controls
- Controlling quality in the development life cycle
- Releasing stable configurations
Demystifying core CM processes
- Configuration Identification
- Version Management
- Configuration Control
- Change Management
- Configuration Status Accounting
- Reporting
- Configuration Audits
- Compliance
- Build and Release Management
- Identifying Configuration Items (CIs)
Deriving candidate items for the project
- Extracting CIs from the product and the project
- Itemizing six steps to bring a work product under configuration management control
Categorizing and naming items
- Devising an effective naming scheme
- Classifying items based on the nature of the project
- Aligning a CI into one of four categories
Baselining CIs
- Defining baselining procedures and creating a checklist
- Declaring configuration or phase baselines
- Checking CIs into a repository
- Controlling Change
Determining roles and responsibilities
- Establishing an infrastructure to manage project change
- Comparing change control from a traditional to an Agile perspective
- Specifying the role of the SCM team
Creating a change control process
- Establishing change control procedures
- Facilitating change from requirements through maintenance
Distinguishing between defects and enhancements
- Processing a change request
- Investigating defects and deciding corrective action
- Evaluating urgency
- Determining severity
- Prioritize
- Communicating Configuration Status
Planning the reporting requirements
- Identifying reports required in each phase of CM
- Determining the communication needs of stakeholders
- Improving processing by using a configuration database
Matching reporting needs to development life cycle
- Anticipating report types by role types
- Planning what to collect in order to report
- Adding CSA requirements to vendor contracts
- Auditing in Preparation for a Release
Designing Configuration Audits
- Distinguishing between QA and SCM activities
- Clarifying types of SCM audits
- Timing audits throughout the development life cycle
- FCA and PCA checklists
- Baseline and release audits
Assessing release readiness
- Ensuring the documentation matches the product
- Verifying product configuration
- Building and Releasing the Product
Ensuring consistency through the build process
- Establishing independence by separating development from the build
- Managing unique code lines and versions
- Knowing why and when to branch and use variants
Specifying the product release process
- Planning a release strategy
- Resources needed for a smooth release process
- Matching process steps to release types
- Positioning Quality Gates in the development life cycle
- Timing the release appropriately
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Tuition
Standard
Government
In Classroom or
Online
Standard
$2650
Government
$2355
Private Team Training
Course Tuition Includes:
Training Hours
Standard Course Hours: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
*Informal discussion with instructor about your projects or areas of special interest: 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
FREE Online Course Exam (if applicable) – Last Day: 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
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- Have a record of your growth and learning results
- Bring proof of your progress back to your organization
- Earn credits toward industry certifications (if applicable)
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