Conclusions

• Powerful cross-platform build systems generator.
• Very good reference-style documentation.
• For larger projects you probably want to write a lightweight scaffold around CMake.
• Many projects use CMake in other words you are not alone if you look for a solution.
• Stack Overflow and other GitHub repositories are a good resource for solutions.

Critique

• Absolute paths (you cannot move a configured project to a different path).
• Very few good and free CMake tutorials are available.

Useful list of resources

• https://github.com/onqtam/awesome-cmake