Configuration Management in Software Development Life Cycle

Configuration Management is the discipline of controlling the occurrence of changes in the complex systems. In Software Development Life Cycle, Configuration Management is generally known as Software Configuration Management (SCM).

In this paper we will discuss about how Software Configuration Management (SCM) is used to plan, organise, control and coordinate the identification, storage and change of software through development, integration and transfer. However, the project is how large or small Software configuration management (SCM) has a critical effect on quality of the project. SCM uses some Elements for efficient development and maintenance, so that the integrity of the software will never be compromised. It also uses SCM Toolsets for configuration management. Basically, this paper shows that how efficiently SCM works and tackles the changes in the software development.