Change Control for Personal Projects – Subversion Style

Change is a constant companion in our daily routine. Most of what we do is changing (transforming) one work product into another or revising or updating it. We might be transforming requirements into design, design into a prototype, client brief into a story board, idea into a concept document, creating versions of a banner ad, or updating a project plan to reflect progress; the list goes on. In this introductory article we will see how we can bring a change management discipline to our work products or personal – not just software – projects with two simple tools on Linux: Subversion and a GUI front-end called eSvn.