It looks like that many peoples these days looks for their way through various SCM topics such as effectively use of source control systems (such as CVS, SourceSafe or Perforce), producing daily builds, continuous integration, versioning, unit testing, and ask about best practices with regards to these topics.

Certainly, it is not easy, while starting with this and dealing with million details, find right way out of all this.

"A good book may help" as one of my professors on college used to say. So, here they are.

Try look at:

Software Configuration Management Patterns: Effective Teamwork, Practical Integration
by Stephen P. Berczuk, Brad Appleton

Brad Appleton also have a good wealth of SCM links on his web site. A look on his ACME (Assembling Configuration Management Environments) project may be in interest, too.

As for best practices for testing I found interesting this book:

Effective Software Testing: 50 Specific Ways to Improve Your Testing
by Elfriede Dustin

Good resources and excellent books.

UPDATE:

Both, above mentioned, books can be read on Safari.