Software Configuration Management in Pakistan | SCM Practices in Pakistan

The practices and procedures for administering source code, producing software development builds, controlling change, and managing software configurations. Specifically, Software Configuration Management ensures the integrity, reliability and reproducibility of developing software products from conception to release.

I should say CM in Pakistan has been catching up slow but very steadily. There are not many senior people in Pakistan who have dedicated their careers in Configuration Management. Many people moved on to various management roles out of CM after some years of experience. This is due to lack of management opportunities in this area. But, times have changed for good and are getting better. With the growing maturity of CM across the industry, organizations are giving utmost importance to this area and so are hiring people at very senior levels.

I have around 3 years of experience while Interacting CM Professionals internationally and national level; found very strong maturity and awareness. With my experience, I would say Pakistan IT firms still need a broader thinking from CM perspective. In many organizations, people think that CM is just about making builds and controlling source code for projects. We need to educate people about the real importance of Software Configuration Management in any organization. There is a need of clear understanding of various aspects of Configuration Management like Change Management, Incident/Problem Management, Build & release management, Code control/version control , Automated Build management , Parallel development and Continuous integration , Introduction to new tools for software and hardware configurations etc…

CM is much beyond a tool administration or builds management. It does comprise entire life cycle of a project as well as the POST PRODUCTION analysis to improve the process for upcoming projects. It’s a continuous process which not only gives any IT organization a process to boost confidence in delivering quality product with stable code line.

NetSol is vigilant and moving superbly toward innovation and automation through R&D in the field of Configuration Management. Being the CMMI 5 organization; we have implemented excellent Release Management Process that beautifully interacting and entertaining CM Services throughout the organization. We are in process of experimenting Modern tools and discovering best practices for making our process incredibly easy and technically strong. NetSol’s Department of Configuration Management really welcomes newly born organizations and specially those (existing) who want to setup/improve their Configuration Management process and looking for technical improvement mentor; please come up and Consult NetSol with trust.

Rajesh Kumar

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