What are working environments?

Working environments are physical directories on your file system in which SNiFF+ shared projects reside. In SNiFF+, you open shared projects by first specifying in which working environment you work.
You must use working environments:

- If you are a member of a development team that works on the same set of files, and you do not use a third-party configuration management tool that furnishes a workspace model of its own (such as ClearCaseTM).
- If you develop software for multiple platforms (as a member of a development team or alone).
- If you work alone on projects and plan to share them in the future.

You need not use working environments:

- If you are working with absolute projects.
- If you work alone on a project and don't need to share your project with others, now or in the future.
- If you already use a third-party configuration management tool such as ClearCaseTM.