Configuration Management

• Overview
• CM Tools

Issue Tracking

• Field Summary
• State
• Priority
• Severity
• Issue Type
• Symptoms
• Functional Area
• Resolution
• Target Release

Issue Reports

• Cumulative Trends
• Rolling Totals
• Historical Priority
• Historical Severity
• Project State Distribution
• Project Trends
• Transition Summary
• Staff Workload

Configuration Management Tools

Configuration Management involves a broad array of tools working in conjunction with each other. The primary goal is to have a highly repeatable process, with detailed tracking for any and all iterations.

The list below covers some of the more common configuration management tools that Primary Goals has experience deploying, using, or training others in how to them effectively.

Contact Primary Goals to resolve your most complex CM and Release issues.

Requirements Management Tools

• IBM Rational RequisitePro
• Borland CaliberRM
• Serena Requirements & Traceability Management
• Telelogic Doors

Version Control Systems

• PVCS Version Control
• Visual Source Safe
• Perforce (P4Helper)
• Subversion
• * VCS Comparison Chart *
• Seven Open Source VCS tools

Change Request Management Systems (bugs)

• QDM Defect tracking
• PVCS Tracker
• Bugzilla
• RAID  (Internal Microsoft tool)
• Rational Clear Quest (formerly Rational Defect Manager)
• TeamTrack
• AQDevTeam

Automation Tools

• Rational Robot Scripting (VB Script)
• Rational Team Test
• 4NT command shell Scripting tool
• PowerGen (Scripting tool for PowerBuilder)
• WinBatch- Batch language for automating Windows.

Distribution Systems

• Windows Installer XML (WiX)
• Wise Installer
• InstallShield Professional
• InstallShield Express
• Package For The Web

Simple Utilities

• BGInfo - Display stats on your PC, login, domain, etc. directly onto your wallpaper.
• Beyond Compare -- File and directory Comparison tool