Shared code repository: A narrative

Abstract

Software Developers face significant challenges including increasing software and development environment complexity, time/economic pressures and high expectations on software quality. This paper discusses a possible collaborative framework to establish and maintain the integrity of software products and processes throughout the development cycle and beyond. It is hoped that by protecting and managing these assets effectively, it enables development teams to produce higher-quality software, faster and with lower cost and risk. The toolset will go beyond version control and provide advanced capabilities that enable effective parallel development, reduced release/build cycles, promote ruse and reduce risk. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.