Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Katherine Waterston

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Katherine Waterston

Configuration management (CM) is an important, but often neglected, practice that allows application developers and project managers to better identify potential problems, manage changes, and track the progress of software projects. An effective CM strategy--one that adheres to the practice's complexity while harnessing its depth--can be the cornerstone of fast, flexible development. However, CM practitioners often rely too heavily on commercial CM tools, and fail to understand the concept as a whole. While CM is not an easy discipline, it need not be a difficult one.

Configuration Management Principles and Practice explains the elements and benefits of a sound CM strategy and shows how to put that strategy into action. Through configuration examples and recommendations drawn from the author's considerable experience, this practical guide will help readers to better manage and deliver projects.

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A comprehensive guide to the current state of CM, the text begins with an introduction to fundamental CM principles and activities and then illustrates how each can be tailored to meet a development organization's unique needs. In short, this easy-to-use reference will give organizations and individuals the tools they need to insure the integrity of their products and effectively manage the evolution of their systems.

Ian Nathan, who lives and works in London, is one of the UKs best known film writers. A former executive editor of Empire, he remains a Contributing Editor at the world's biggest film magazine. Previously published work includes Alien Vault, the worldwide best-selling history of Ridley Scott's masterpiece, Tim Burton: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work, the Sunday Times number one best-selling Inside the Magic: The Making of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Terminator Vault--the definitive history of James Cameron's Terminator movies. His most recent book is the in-depth study of the brilliant, idiosyncratic world of Joel and Ethan Coen, The Coen Brothers: The Iconic Filmmakers and Their Work.