An important part of any software development process is getting reliable builds of the software. Despite its importance, we are often surprised when this isnt done. Here we discuss the process that Matt has put into place on a major project at ThoughtWorks, a process that is increasingly used throughout the company. It stresses a fully automated and reproducible build, including testing, that runs many times a day. This allows each developer to integrate daily thus reducing integration problems.
http://www.martinfowler.com/articles/continuousIntegration.html
