Configuration Management The Missing Link Inf Web Engineering

Authored by an internationally known expert in configuration management (CM) solutions, this unique new book helps experienced professionals and novices alike see why CM is critical to the survival of their company's e-commerce and e-business development and management.

Unlike other books on configuration management, this book examines CM from a "business value" perspective and shows why CM is critical to successful software development and, in particular, web development and maintenance. You learn why your company's e-business and e-commerce - encompassing web content, web applications, back-office applications, code and data - simply will not survive or thrive without CM.

This practical, comprehensive book provides a thorough overview of CM technology, and reveals "best practice" techniques for selecting and deploying automated CM solutions. Nine key challenges facing e-commerce are detailed, along with practical guidelines for avoiding common pitfalls that can quickly derail your e-business. Case studies provide real-world examples of how major e-commerce companies use CM techniques for web development and maintenance today.

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Consultant Dart raises awareness of the lack of good software engineering principles when companies develop Web sites, and offers configuration management as the solution. Her topics include the nature of the World Wide Web, the various views of configuration management, automation, selecting and deploying tools, and case studies. She writes for company managers as well as Web developers. No information is provided about the disk. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Susan Dart is currently principal, application lifecycle management at Pretzel Logic. She is a CM evangelist and consultant with 24 years of experience in software tools and development and technology adoption. Her unique experience spans academia and industry and includes positions in software and tool development, sales, research, and executive management for a leading CM tool vendor. A well-known speaker at international seminars and conferences, and the author of an earlier book on CM and more than 60 professional papers, she received her B.Sc. from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, her M.Sc. in Software engineering from Carnegie Mellon University. Her background includes seven years at the Software Engineering Institute.