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Software Configuration Management: The Foundation of Global Distributed Development Today

Overview By distributing development, you can create a collaborative work environment staffed by the best developers you can hire, regardless of their location. To support distributed development, you need a Software Configuration Management (SCM) solution that enables development to make progress without imposing additional demands on your IT department or network. This paper looks at how distributed development can be implemented and supported by an SCM system.

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Publisher	Perforce Software	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Software Project Management, Software Engineering, Application Development

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