Rup-based Software Configuration Management

With software system becoming more and more complex, software configuration management has a very important role of control process of the life cycle of software. A excellent process of software configuration will cover with every aspect of software develop and software maintain,at the same time, sustain the management of project. Software configuration not only manage the static and shaped system of software, but also manage the dynamic and growing system of software, as a result of the system of software will be change driving from the requirement of consumer. We can conclude that software configuration has a very compact relation of the development process. Another aspect, the different phase of development own different assignment, which dispatched different role, but each other must definite responsibility and keep consistent. The basic element of the development of software configuration is that the inherent need of software development. The people look for more efficiency development method, such as the model of waterfall, Prototype Method, Extreme Programming. Finally, people sum up the best practice and become the method that is Rational Unified Process.This paper base on the development of Rational Unified Process, use the tool of ClearCase and ClearQuest, from a actual project— 《Town Public Finance Manage System》 ,study how do make software configuration, and add a function to ClearCase,which is once batch add files to ClearCase through by Java Programm. Discuss the income carry into execution form software configuration base on RUP. Firstly, introduce the technical of software configuration and the theory of Rational Unified Process simplely. Secondly, constitute a plan of software configuration for TFMS. Thirdly, make use of the tool of ClearCase establish a UCM project from the plan of software configuration. Study how to make the component of UCM project, develop policy, and actualize automatic change flow of the key artifact through ClearQuest. Finally, compare income between the software configuration base on RUP and VSS.