Table of Contents
Designing a Component-Based Common SCM System
Overview
The Passport Team - A Great Group Of People
Business Motivators
Technology Adoption Life-Cycle (Geoffrey A. Moore - Crossing the Chasm)
Merger And Acquisition History
Worldwide Product And Service Operations
Also Acquired Many CM Systems And Processes
Combine Core Competencies Into New Products
The Dependency Management Problem
Attempted Solutions And Results
The Component Solution
Introducing Passport
Passport SCM Architecture
Architectural Building Blocks
Streams - A Gathering Place For Components
Components - The Center of the Passport Universe
Component Internals
Private and Public VOBs
Private And Public VOBs (continued)
Dependencies - Connects Customers and Suppliers
How Do You Track Dependencies?
Resolving Dependencies Between Components
Dependency Graphs Over Time
Workspaces
Processes
Development Methodology
Build Methodology (typically performed by CM)
PV Methodology (typically performed by PV)
Release Methodology (typically performed by CM)
Change Sets - The Heart of Source Management
Change Set Management - Overall Flow
Change Set Management - Trivial Merge
Change Set Management - Non-Trivial Merge
Deploying Passport SCM - The Challenge
The 8-Step Deployment Process
A Real World Example: Project Team Alpha
ALPHA Component Architecture
Conclusions
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