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Obvious statements about software change management: #5 Everything is related. A small change can have big effects

Submitted by Remain Software on 7 November 2014

There is a theory which is called the butterfly effect. It states that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings in Beijing can cause a hurricane in the US. This is also called the chaos theory and it describes the relation of cause and effect in complex systems like the weather.

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Now, I get a headache thinking about thi...
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Obvious Statements About Software Change Management: #6 Multiple Versions of the Same Application Resurrect Bugs

Submitted by Remain Software on 19 June 2014

Creating another version of your application can result in the replication of the bugs that exist in your original version. We call this the "Zombie Bug Pattern".

 

Most of us need to maintain multiple versions of the same application. And even if you think you don’t, you really still do for a variety of reasons.

Suppose you h...

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Obvious Statements About Software Change Management: #7 Multiplatform Development Requires Deployment Synchronization

 Submitted by Remain Software on 20 May 2014

Many of you develop for multiple platforms. This often means that some code runs on a database on your IBM i and other code runs on another platform such as a Linux application server or a Windows desktop.

 

From a development standpoint, the major issue with this approach is the opaque (not visible) dependencies between the software c...

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Obvious Statements About Software Change Management: #8 Bugs are the most inexpensive when terminated early

Submitted by Remain Software on 24 April 2014

Our opportunity to save some serious money is at the point of time when we really start believing that this is true. Of course, we know that it’s true, but in the end there is never time to do it right but always time to do it over. There is a reason why most companies don’t feel this pain as much as they should. At Remain Software we like to...
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Obvious Statements About Software Change Management: #9 The Result of an Automated ALM Process is Documentation

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Obvious Statements About Software Change Management: #10 The Universal Change Process

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Is Waldo A Bundle? RELENG Problems!

Submitted by Remain Software on 25 April 2011

Who has not enjoyed wasting time searching for Waldo. Searching for Waldo is fun, you look around a picture and you observe the picture in a very detailed way and discover things that you would never have seen otherwise. However, looking for stuff is not alway's fun. "Au Contraire" as the French would say. Looking for stuff is the biggest time wa...
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