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It has been suggested that to prevent devastating technology mishaps, such as the year 2000 glitch, the work of developers should be reviewed by an editor.
That idea has some appeal, however, the code a programmer writes has so many associations with other objects that simply assuring the accuracy of a single module is not enough to prevent costly mistakes. Building even a simple application requires monitoring countless interactions.
The answer to this dilemma is to deploy a software configuration management (SCM) solution, which allows you to track the progress of an application from its inception. Merant's main offerings in the SCM area are PVCS Version Manager, which provides version control functionality; PVCS Tracker, a change and defect tracking system; and PVCS Configuration Builder, used to simplify the deployment of new releases....