Configuration Management Policy

Policy Statement:

Configuration Management (CM) must be performed on all projects in accordance with established organizational CM procedures. These processes must ensure that controlled and stable baselines are established for planning, managing, and building the system; the integrity of the system's configuration is controlled over time; and the status and content of the baselines are known.

Purpose:

To ensure that the project baselines are managed and changes to the baseline are controlled.

Overview:

CM involves identifying project baseline items, controlling these items and changes to them; and recording and reporting status and change activity for these items. Changes to the baseline items are controlled systematically using a defined change control process. The configuration of a system or any controlled intermediate or support product can be distinctly identified at any point in time.

Objectives:

• Explicitly assign responsibility for CM for each project.
• Ensure that each project has a CM plan.
• Ensure CM work is performed according to the project plan.
• Ensure that CM is implemented on products throughout the project's life cysle.
• Ensure that CM is implemented for externally delivered products and for appropriate products inside the organization.
• Ensure that all projects have a repository for storing configuration items and associated CM records.
• Ensure that quality assurance audits of the baselines and CM activities are performed on a regular basis.

Responsibilities:

the project manager has primary responsibility for implementing this policy.

Evidence of Compliance:

To demonstrate compliance with this policy, the following documentation must be available, at a minimum:

     Organizational configuration management plan or project configuration management plan

Configuration Management Guidelines and Best Practices

Project Management