Software Development Management Tools

[rxl at lanl-a.UUCP]

We are investigating various tools for software development and
maintainence management.  We need the following kinds of capabilities:

	1. source code librarian/archive management
	2. object code librarian/archive management
	3. c-type preprocessor to provide "if,def,..." capability
	4. source code audit trail (source change history)

The tools currently under reveiw include the DEC product called CMS and
its cohort MMS; and the SCCS facility under Unix, in combination with
the MAKE command.

Our situation is compounded by the fact that we have n operating
systems which are all networked together, and on which we will be
debugging this software. These systems include:

	1. VAX/VMS
	2. UNIX on several machines
	3. LTSS and CTSS on the CRAY computers
	4. NOS
	5. IBM VM/CMS and the IBM personal workstation system

Please let us know of your experience with different products
on different machines and environments.  Please provide the following
info for each tool you have used:

	1. Operating system under which the tool package runs
	2. The source language in which the tool is written
	3. Cost estimates for procurement
	4. Where the tool may be obtained
	5. Tool limitations that you know of

We want to perform a thorough investigation of these kinds of tools,
and will report back to you the results of our research.
Thanks much for your assistence!

	Rick Light
	Los Alamos National Laboratory
	Mail Stop B296
	Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544
	(505) 667-8182 or 667-7877