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Enterprise configuration management — controlling integration complexity

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Greater use of flexible system architectures, and changes in product acquisition policy, are just two elements of delivery strategy that have led to a significant increase in systems integration scale and complexity. This has produced the need for a new approach to the way BT manages and controls system whole-life change. This paper describes a major BT initiative that will provide a configuration management environment capable of catering for many different viewpoints — from strategic planning through to operational deployment and eventual system withdrawal.

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  1. BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, England, IP 5 3RE

    S R Moor, J Gunne-Braden & K J Gleen

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Moor, S.R., Gunne-Braden, J. & Gleen, K.J. Enterprise configuration management — controlling integration complexity. BT Technology Journal 15, 61–72 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018634118729

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