idc opinion what happened in the software configuration management scm market and with leading vendors 2001 is outlook through 2006 was negatively impacted not only by economic geopolitical events of but also a number mergers acquisitions reorganizations changes accounting practices that combined resulted year saw decline worldwide revenue 3 7 from 2000 nevertheless believes will experience significant rebound 2002 following very difficult focus on integrated solutions for managing artifacts it projects linkage between business segments organizations be best positioned leadership future this bulletin synopsis examines tools vendor performance provides profiles coverage identifying characteristics need to successful as well forecast shares competitive analysis contained here update those found 2005 24811 june