Syllabus 2010/2011 EDAN10

Syllabus academic year 2010/2011
(Created 2010-07-25.)

CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT

EDAN10

Credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Cycle: A (Second Cycle). Main field: Technology. Language of instruction: The course might be given in English. EDAN10 overlaps following cours/es: EDA240. Optional for: C4, C4da, D4, D4pv, E4, E4pv, F4, F4pv, I4, I4pvs, Pi4, Pi4pv. Course coordinator: Lars Bendix, Dept of Computer Science. Prerequisites: EDA027 Algorithms and Data Structures or EDAA01 Programming - Second Course and experience of project work in groups. The number of participants is limited to 50 Selection criteria: 5 places (maximum) will be allotted for exchange students. 40 places are allotted to students from LTH. Criteria for selection: Credits remaining for the degree. Assessment: Compulsory course items: laboratory work and a project work. Oral examination. To qualify for the examination students must have completed the laboratory work. The practical tool aspects are evaluated during the computer labs (pass/fail). The rest of the course is evaluated through an oral exam in group and through the group's project. Grading is individual: U/3/4/5. Home page: http://cs.lth.se/edan10.

Aim
To explain the general concepts and principles of SCM. To experiment with specific techniques and mechanisms in existing SCM tools. To give an understanding of how an SCM system is composed from processes, tools and people. To show how SCM can service and support other parts of the software development process.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to identify and explain problems caused by missing or bad SCM
be able to describe and motivate traditional SCM and its activities
be able to describe and motivate principles for developer-oriented SCM
be able to relate the SCM solutions to the needs at different levels and roles

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to create and define processes for different SCM tasks
be able to select and adapt general SCM principles to specific contexts
be able to evaluate and select a branching strategy for a given context
be able to develop and implement a change management process
be able to structure and write an SCM plan
be able to make guided experiments with SCM tools

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

be able to read a paper and make a presentation of its main points
be able to find and read through quantities of literature
be able to test and evaluate SCM tools

Contents
Problems and goals of SCM; SCM concepts and principles; collaboration, communication and co-ordination; SCM for parallel and distributed development; SCM work models; build processes; SCM repositories; branching and merging; SCM activities: Identification, Control, Status Accounting, Audit; release management; SCM plans and roles; SCM and related areas (OSS, XP, PDM, SPF); SCM in industry. Computer labs: CVS, Perforce and Git. Project: SCM plan

Literature
Compendium of selected papers.