This completely revised edition of an Artech House bestseller goes far beyond other SCM books as the only complete guide that integrates SCM principles, advanced topics, and implementation procedures in one easy-access resource. The second edition has been greatly expanded with new chapters on documentation control, product data management, SCM standards and software process improvement models like CMM, CMMI, BOOTSTRAP, ISO SPICE, and Trillium. Moreover, it explores the latest advances in SCM tools, tool selection and implementation, level of automation needed, SCM organization, implementation, operation and maintenance of the SCM system. In addition to the traditional software development models, this edition discusses the role of SCM in new software development methodologies such as XP, Adaptive Software Development (ASD), and the Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM).

Tracing a path across an array of human phenomenology, Respiring Ruin is a collection of poems that examine and convey a series of reflections articulating the nature of our existence unabashedly and unapologetically. The intent is to shed some light on the derelict forms of relationships between people and nature. It questions the quality of life we lead with brief appreciation for the simple joys and little pleasures life holds. The core idea is embodied within the book’s title, which is the ambitious communication of an almost cynical, yet awe-inspiring notion that we as humans are biological architectures that are a compromise between fantasy and decadence. Refraining from the usual title-poem caricature, Respiring Ruin is dialogue poetry, where two people explore not just their own but each other’s thoughts, addressing the masculine and feminine perspectives. Hence, it follows a ‘He-She narrative,’ the “He” written by Pragadish Kirubakaran and “She” by Nikitha Sathi. Interspersed within the book are illustrations which accompany every piece, ensuring you, the reader, a literary and visual treat.

Though innocent, Ivan Aksenov, a young merchant, is convicted of murder and sent to Siberia, where twenty-six years later he meets the man responsible