Why configuration management is critical in software related project?
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To maintain change control. You do not want all of the programmers altering the same code at the same time. You also need to give your quality assurance testing staff time to ensure the modified code is accurate before deploying. Having a regular migration cycle will also encourage preplanning of the change cycle and help streamline the order of modifications.
Configuration management also ensures that all of the required permissions to alter code and other components are maintained in a small set of people.
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