Software configuration management

In software engineering, software configuration management (SCM or S/W CM; also expanded as source configuration management process and software change and configuration management) is the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software, part of the larger cross-disciplinary field of configuration management. SCM practices include revision control and the establishment of baselines. If something goes wrong, SCM can determine the "what, when, why and who" of the change. If a configuration is working well, SCM can determine how to replicate it across many hosts.

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