Because today's products rely on integrated hardware and software components, systems and software engineers, and project and product managers need to have a good understanding of data product management (PDM) and software configuration management (SCM). This book offers a breakthrough that knowledge is important, showing the similarities and differences of these two processes, and show you how they can be combined to ensure the effective and efficient product and system development, production and maintenance. Organizations that use this integrated approach can be useful for years to come by being able to quickly and efficiently develop new products and efficiently maintain and update existing products.