Software Configuration Management (E. Bersoff, V. Henderson, S. Siegel)

SCM, like CM, is defined as the discipline of identifying the configuration of a system at discrete points in time for purposes of systematically controlling changes to this configuration and maintaining the integrity and traceability of this configuration throughout the system life cycle.

E. Bersoff, V. Henderson, S. Siegel; Software Configuration Management, An Investment in Product Integrity; Prentice-Hall, 1980.