Problem Statement: Software Configuration & Change Management

You are working with a consultant firm and as part of an assignment, you are evaluating different processes followed by Up-think Solutions Private Limited. After careful observation and reviewing different artifacts and minutes of meetings you have come across the following:

The main issues the team faces are related to change and configuration management. Its very common among team members that their work overrides if more than one developers are working on the same code file. Another issue is related to changes in the requirements. The team leads normally coordinate with the clients and inform the changes to the relevant developers to be implemented in the system. Sometimes, the changes are related to the database and not being informed to all the concerned teams. A good amount of time has spent on resolving these issues on regular basis and deadlines are slipped or hard to manage.

Required:

[05 marks] What you will suggest to your team lead after evaluating and observing the situation at Up-think Solutions Private Limited in order to eliminate the problem they are facing and streamline their processes by adopting best practices.