Richard Glaser, University of Utah; and Philip Rinehart, Yale University;
macosxlabs.org steering committee members have written an extensive white paper
on Mac OS X Application Management. The paper thoroughly covers licensing models,
security considerations, reviewing & tracking installations, missing Mac
OS X applications & support, distribution tools, and deployment & distribution
solutions.

The white paper is available for immediate download:

http://www.macosxlabs.org/osx_app_mgmt-best_practices.pdf