The impact of effective configuration management usage in software development firms in Sri Lanka

Author

Perera, P.N.G. ; Atapattu, A.R.D.C. ; Dias, H.T. ; Liyanage, N.T. ; Silva, R.O.C. ; Rupasingha, P.S. ; Fernando, S.G.S. ; Manawadu, C.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. ofInformation Technol., Sri Lanka Inst. of Inf. Technol. (SLUT), Colombo, Sri Lanka

fYear

2013

fDate

26-28 April 2013

Firstpage

691

Lastpage

696

Abstract

The core intention of this paper is to observe the impact of effective configuration management (CM) usage in software development firms in Sri Lanka. Since there is large number of software development companies worldwide, the competition is high. In order to survive in the industry a company must have an effective CM process. Same rule can be applied for the Sri Lankan companies as well. Irrespective of the size of the company, they are required to perform CM activities. Hence CM has become a major requirement for software companies. This research paper points out the current usage of the CM in Sri Lankan software development companies. This analyse the importance of CM, benefits and outcomes the Sri Lankan companies can gain. Finally it describes tools used in CM, best practices, special techniques and the drawbacks.

Keywords

organisational aspects; software development management; CM activities; Sri Lanka; configuration management usage; software development firms; Companies; Computers; Control systems; Coordinate measuring machines; Customer relationship management; Software; CM Tools; Configuration Management; Impact of CM; Sri Lankan Software Development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science & Education (ICCSE), 2013 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Colombo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4464-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSE.2013.6553997

Filename

6553997