The concept of using a defined method to ensure that changes to system architecture are controlled and organized.
The concept of using a defined method to ensure that changes to system architecture are controlled and organized.
Questions tagged [change-management]
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Mercurial cherry picking changes for commit
Say, I made many changes to my code and only need to commit a few of those changes. Is there a way to do it in mercurial? I know that darcs has a feature like this one.
I know hg transplant can do this between branches, but I need something like…
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Add a new table column to specific ordinal position in Microsoft SQL Server
Is it possible to add a column to a table at a specific ordinal position in Microsoft SQL Server?
For instance, our tables always have CreatedOn, CreatedBy, LastModifiedOn, LastModifiedBy columns at the "end" of each table definition? I'd like the…
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How to work with liquibase, a concrete example
Following the quickstart on liquibase i've created a changeset (very dumb :) )
Code:
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SVN/Tortoise - Label generation
In Clearcase I can generate a "label" for a given set of files and always go back to that label to regenerate all the files as they were when I generated the label.
How do I do this in Subversion? I'm using the Tortoise front end [Windows] to SVN…
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SQL Server 2008 Auto Generate Change Scripts Legacy Problem
We enable "Tools ==> Options ==> Designers ==> Table and Database Designers ==> Auto Generate Change Scripts" in our SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). When changing our database schema, we save the script and, thanks to DB migration tools we've…
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Tracking changes in a SQL server 2005 database
I have been tasked with developing a solution that tracks changes to a database.
For updates I need to capture:
date of update
old value
new value
field affected
person doing change
record id
table record is in
For deletes:
date of delete
person…
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How do you manage customers with regards to changing requirements?
Steve Yegge's wisdom notwithstanding, most developers are faced with requirements which were gathered from non-technical customers. Sometimes there are project managers who deal with the customers and translate their requirements, other times not. …
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Are there any pitfalls / things you need to know when changing from MyISAM to InnoDB
One of my projects use the MyISAM engine in MySQL, but I'm considering changing it to InnoDB as I need transaction support here and there.
What should I look at or consider before doing this?
Can I just change the engine, or should the data be…
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Best .NET Solution for Frequently Changed Database
I am currently architecting a small CRUD applicaton. Their database is a huge mess and will be changing frequently over the course of the next 6 months to a year. What would you recommend for my data layer:
1) ORM (if so, which one?)
2) Linq2Sql
3)…
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What is change request management tool?
Can anyone please tell what is change request management tool and what is involved when a change request is submitted to this tool?
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How to move a Python script from one subpackage to another directory/package, maintaining backwards compatibility
I have a shared Python code base, and I'm responsible for code that others depend on. I need to move modules from one subpackage to another directory/package to reorganize it. How do I do that in the safest way?
If I just move the code, I've got to…
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What will you do with the no-longer-effective programmer?
A programmer on your team is great at maintaining the old legacy system. But the company has switched to a new technology/platform.
What do you do with the no-longer-effective developer?
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Configuration Management - History in Code Comments
Let me pose a bit of background information before asking my question:
I recently joined a new software development group that uses Rational tools for configuration management, including a source control and change management system.
In addition to…
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What is the best way to handle change management?
My organization's main project went live on Monday. That was my third day here. Now that I've been here almost a week, I'm tasked with creating a change management plan for the maintenance of the application and preparation for phase 2, which will…
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Versioning assemblies of distributed application with hot fixes
We are developing an application with components on multiple physical tiers, sharing many assemblies as well as having some exclusive to each tier.
I am wanting to know what the typical versioning strategy is for release hot-fixes, or only a few…
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