Software Configuration Management Practice Exam

About Software Configuration Management
Configuration management (CM) is a systems engineering process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a product's performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life.
Configuration management is a form of IT service management (ITSM) as defined by ITIL that ensures the configuration of system resources, computer systems, servers and other assets are known, good and trusted. It's sometimes referred to as IT automation.
Most configuration management involves a high degree of automation to achieve

Why is Software Configuration Management important?
Configuration management helps engineering teams build robust and stable systems through the use of tools that automatically manage and monitor updates to configuration data. Complex software systems are composed of components that differ in granularity of size and complexity.

Other benefits of configuration management include:
•    Reduced risk of outages and security breaches through visibility and tracking of the changes to your systems.
•    Cost reduction by having detailed knowledge of all the elements of your configuration, avoiding wasteful duplication of your technology assets.
•    Improved experience for your customers and internal staff by rapidly detecting and correcting improper configurations that could negatively impact performance.
•    Strict control of your processes by defining and enforcing formal policies and procedures that govern asset identification, status monitoring, and auditing.
•    Greater agility and faster problem resolution, enabling you to provide a higher quality of service and reduce software engineering costs.
•    Efficient change management by knowing your baseline configuration, and having the visibility to design changes that avoid problems.
•    Quicker restoration of service.

Who should take the Software Configuration Management Exam?
•    Software and IT architects
•    Software and network engineers
•    DevOps Engineers
•    System administrators
•    Solution architects
•    Developers
•    Students

Knowledge and Skills required for the Software Configuration Management

Critical thinking and good communication skills helps candidate to gain quick success for career in software configuration management.

Software Configuration Management Practice Exam Objectives

Software Configuration Management exam focuses on assessing your skills and knowledge in version control , change control and reporting.

Software Configuration Management Practice Exam Pre-requisite

There are no prerequisites for the Software Configuration Management exam. Candidates who are well versed  in software development can easily clear the exam.

Software Configuration Management Certification Course Outline
1. Concepts of SCM
2. The tasks in the SCM process
3. Change management process
4. Configuration identification
5. Change control
6. Version control
7. Configuration auditing
8. Reporting
9. Implement SCM


Exam Format and Information
Certification name – Software Configuration Management Certification
Exam duration – 60 minutes
Exam type - Multiple Choice Questions
Eligibility / pre-requisite - None
Exam language - English
Exam format - Online
Passing score - 25
Exam Fees  - INR 1199