Software production of today lays high demands on the capabilities of software product management (SPM) process. SPM is defined as a process basing strongly on the well-known approaches of version control (VC) and configuration management (CM). The improvement of SPM demands well designed and implemented VC- and CM-processes on bottom. For this reason a selection of a suitable VC/CM-tool is an important part of the SPM improvement process. It is necessary to be able to specify the right tool selection criteria for each specific case.