 <p>I think that the term you're looking for is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration_management" rel="nofollow">Software Configuration Management</a>. There's a pretty hefty document about it here too: <a href="http://www.sei.cmu.edu/reports/87cm004.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.sei.cmu.edu/reports/87cm004.pdf</a>.</p>