The Configuration Management process area involves the following:
· Identifying the configuration of selected work products that compose the baselines at given points in time
· Controlling changes to configuration items
· Building or providing specifications to build work products from the configuration management system
· Maintaining the integrity of baselines
· Providing accurate status and current configuration data to developers, end users, and customers
The work products placed under configuration management include the products that are delivered to the customer, designated internal work
products, acquired products, tools, and other items that are used in creating and describing these work products.
Baselines provide a stable basis for continuing evolution of
configuration items.
Baselines are added to the configuration management system as they are developed. Changes to baselines and the release of work products
built from the configuration management system are systematically controlled and monitored via the configuration control, change
management, and configuration auditing functions of configuration management.
This process area applies not only to configuration management on projects, but also to configuration management on organization work
products such as standards, procedures, and reuse libraries.
Configuration management is focused on the rigorous control of the managerial and technical aspects of work products, including the
delivered system.
