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organizational changes. The designer can then be supported by their tools in
turning this target design into a series of safe migration steps which put the
changes into effect.
Such a version management system needs to be the point at which the
major development projects of the enterprise meet; the different development
activities will overlap and update key components in different ways. These
activities need to be merged and checked for potential conflicts. Senior man-
agement also needs to be able to set priorities, so that mission critical changes
are given priority in the deployment process. This whole area is one where
there are many opportunities for the introduction of new standards and prod-
ucts to support the complete process.
