Charting the Course for Successful Configuration Management within IIP

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Charting the Course for Successful Configuration
Management within IIP

• Presented by
• MSAG

11/14/2009
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Discussion Agenda

• The SCM implementation challenges
• MSAG Task Our View?
• MSAG StarTeam Experience
• Whats Happening In The Trenches
• What We Need To Be Successful
• The MSAG 90 Day Commitment

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SCM Implementation Challenges
As organizations look at SCM deployment, they
expect to find technology as the key factor
impacting implementation. However this has not
been the case.
Dart Technology, Inc.
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Key Risk Factors

• Resources
• CM Recognition
• Skill Levels
• Politics
• Response to change
• Process and quality
• Tool

Addressing these three risk factors further can
lead to the long term success of the CM program!
Dart Technology, Inc.
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MSAG StarTeam Experience

• Invested in StarTeam in 2000
• Purchased and deployed all StarTeam components
  including Web Interface
• Implemented Snapshot in StarTeam
• Michael Galvin hired to lead the CM effort
• 8 years of configuration management experience
• Manager of Configuration Management Aether
  Systems
• 3 plus years direct StarTeam experience across 25
  medium to high level development projects
• Manager of Configuration Management MCI
  WorldCom
• 3 years experience with CVS and PVCS - MCI

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MSAG Task Our View

• Lead the CM effort
• Source Code Version Control
• Build and Release Management
• Workspace Standardization and Repository
  Management
• Software Change Tracking
• Build Status Reporting
• Software Change Audit Control
• Build Environment Support
• Manage the CM process

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MSAG Task Our View

• Successful Deployment of StarTeam
• Provide Ongoing Improvement Recommendations to
  IIP Related to the CM Process
• Manage StarBase Relationship
• Ongoing Education of the IIP team

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Whats Happening In The Trenches?

• Importance, position and understanding of CM
  needs more emphasis
• Confusion in CM process management
• Roles not clearly defined across organization at
  it relates to CM
• DBA
• Programmers
• Management
• Configuration Management

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What we need to facilitate CM Success

• Mandate support for the mission of CM
• Announcement of the roles and responsibilities of
  the CM Manager
• Definition of the CM process
• Concurrence by all key parties
• CM education sessions for each key audience

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MSAG 90 Day Commitment!

• Once CM role is agreed upon and positioned with
  Infrastructure in place, MSAG will
• Meet the milestones outlined in the CM plan
• Deliver four StarTeam projects
• WebAspe
• CIV/NPA (IEMS)
• Post EVDB
• Snapshot
• Manage and provide regular status reports on CM
  progress

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Next Steps!

• Update meeting on the importance of CM presented
  to key IIP staff (Victor Riche)
• Timeframe for meetings?
• Michael Galvin presentation on CM direction and
  progress to date
• Setup specific update meeting for each key
  audience
• Management
• Project Managers
• Developers
• Question?