Sources for education and training in software configuration management and configuration management in general.
Association for Configuration and Data Management (ACDM) Annual Technical Conference - Alternating between, San Diego, Ca USA and Orlando, FL USA, the conference is usually held in March. Sample topics include configuration management, data management, change management, SEI evaluations and experiences, ISO 9000 preparations and tips, CM standards updates, and the costs of CM. This page gives archives to all the past conferences.
Configuration Management Today Yellow Pages - This site provides access to CM information available world wide. Topics include conferences, jobs, general interest, commercial systems, public-domain systems, research, papers, tools, consulting, education, and problem tracking systems.
Configuration Management Training Foundation (CMTF) Courses - CMTF offers several configuration management courses, including basic configuration management, advanced configuration management, software configuration management, and enterprise configuration management. Most are offered on the West Coast of the USA, and in Australia.
EdistaLearning - EdistaLearning, QAI's initiative, is the elearning suite of Software Engineering and Quality Management courses. "The QAI & Dr. Pressman Series" in the Edista Learning portfolio has courses that draw upon Dr. Pressman's highly successful and the industry's most comprehensive video curriculum in software engineering—Essential Software Engineering. Course categories include, but are not limited to:
Software Engineering Process Approach
Software Project Management
Software Quality Management
Software Configuration Management
Software Testing
Software Estimation
CMMI
IT Services Management
Edista also offers/supports certification exams in most of these areas.
"This 5-day course focuses on the implementation and management of the Release and Control processes and functions that are responsible for achieving control and stability within an IT infrastructure and include effective Change and Release Management, based on an effective Configuration Management system. It consists of 4 days of lectures and hands-on activities and one day of exam review with exam. The course will include individual and group assignments required for certification as well as homework."
Institute for Configuration Management (ICM) - ICM is a recognized a trainer in configuration management. They are also recognized as a leader in continuously improving and advancing the state-of-the-art of CM and the interfaces between CM and all other disciplines throughout the business enterprise.
Integrated Support Systems, Inc. (ISS) - ISS provides off-the-shelf configuration and product data management (CM/PDM), and logistics software tools and solutions. CM training courses are available from ISS.
Raven Configuration Management and Project Management Site - Configuration Management and Project Management Solutions from Raven Publishing including; Books, Seminars, and Consulting Services for businesses and government agencies.
SAP Course: Change and Configuration Management - Course PLM 150 from SAP Corporation. Course contents include:
Change master record
Changes to material masters, bills of material, documents, task lists (such as routings), and objects for classification and variant configuration Reporting functions
Engineering change orders and engineering change requests
Change processing with standard workflows
Parameter effectivity
Change hierarchies
Release key
Digital signature
Order change management (production orders) when master data or the sales order changes
Configuration Management for product replication
The Agony and Ecstasy of Configuration Management - This tutorial covers the following configuration management topics:
CM overview, evaluating tools, benefits, technology adoption, version
control, etc.
DACS Gold Practice Initiative
