Specific and Generic Goals >> Establish Baselines >> Establish a Configuration Management System
A configuration management system includes the storage media, the
procedures, and the tools for accessing the configuration system.
A change management system includes the storage media, the
procedures, and tools for recording and accessing change requests.
Typical Work Products
1. Configuration management system with controlled work products
2. Configuration management system access control procedures
3. Change request database
Subpractices
1. Establish a mechanism to manage multiple control levels of
configuration management.
2. Store and retrieve configuration items in the configuration
management system.
3. Share and transfer configuration items between control levels
within the configuration management system.
4. Store and recover archived versions of configuration items.
5. Store, update, and retrieve configuration management records.
6. Create configuration management reports from the configuration
management system.
7. Preserve the contents of the configuration management system.
8. Revise the configuration management structure as necessary.
