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Document 05-114

05-Aug-2005 Posted for Review

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STATE OF TEXAS

Configuration Management Plan

VERSION: [VERSION NUMBER] / REVISION DATE: [DATE]

Approval of the Project Plan indicates an understanding of the purpose and content described in this document and the related plans for communication, performance, and risk management. Approval of the Project Plan constitutes approval of the Project Plan and the related plans which are attached to the Project Plan.

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Table of Contents

1. Configuration Management Approach 1

1.1 Organization 1

1.2 Roles Definition 1

1.3 Policies, Directives, and Procedures 1

1.4 Tools, Environment, and Infrastructure 1

1.5 Schedule 2

2. Configuration Management Activities 2

2.1 Configuration Identification 2

2.1.1 Configuration Items 2

2.1.2 Configuration Item Naming Conventions 2

2.1.3 Configuration Library 2

2.2 Configuration Control 3

2.3 Configuration Status Accounting and Reporting 3

2.4 Configuration Audits and Reviews 3

2.5 Interface Control 3

2.6 Subcontractor/Vendor Control 3

3. Glossary 4

4. Revision History 4

5. Appendices 4

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1. Configuration Management Approach

1.1  Organization

Provide and describe a diagram depicting how configuration management activities will be integrated with development activities in order to control a project’s configuration items.

1.2  Roles Definition

Complete the CM activity matrix for each of the project roles and/or functional areas. When complete, the matrix should reflect by functional role the assigned responsibility for key CM activities, and the associated skill requirements. Include Change Control Board (CCB) roles, activities, and authority.

CM Activity / Skill Requirement/Authority / Role 1 / Role 2 / Role 3 / Role X /

Legend:
J = joint/shared responsibility
P = primary/lead responsibility
S = support/participatory responsibility

1.3  Policies, Directives, and Procedures

Provide and describe the policies, directives, and procedures that apply to the CM Plan. Identify any external constraints or requirements placed on the plan by policies, directives, and procedures.

1.4  Tools, Environment, and Infrastructure

Specify the tools, environment, and infrastructure required for the execution of the project CM activities.

1.5  Schedule

Provide a reference to the location of the project CM schedule information or specify the project CM schedule information that establishes the sequence and coordination for the project’s CM activities.

2. Configuration Management Activities

2.1  Configuration Identification

2.1.1  Configuration Items

Identify the project configuration items (CIs) and their structure at each control point. Specify the configuration identification activities required to identify, name, and describe the documented physical and functional characteristics of products to be controlled.

2.1.2  Configuration Item Naming Conventions

Specify an identification system for assigning unique identifiers to each item to be controlled. Specify how different versions of each are to be uniquely identified. Identification methods should include naming conventions and version numbers and letters.

2.1.3  Configuration Library

Identify the controlled libraries for the products and describe how the CIs of the identified baselines are to be physically placed under control in the appropriate library.

2.2  Configuration Control

For each controlled library identified, describe the change controls imposed on the baselined CIs.

2.3  Configuration Status Accounting and Reporting

Identify the Configuration Status Accounting and Reporting activities.

2.4  Configuration Audits and Reviews

Identify the configuration audits and reviews to be held for the project’s CIs.

2.5  Interface Control

Identify control activities to coordinate changes between the project’s CIs and the external items to which the project’s CIs interface.

2.6  Subcontractor/Vendor Control

Define the activities to incorporate subcontracted and vendor developed items into the environment and to coordinate changes to these items with their development organizations.

3. Glossary

Identify and define terms and acronyms used in this Configuration Management Plan.

Term / Acronym / Definition /

4. Revision History

Identify changes to this Configuration Management Plan.

Version / Date / Name / Description /

5. Appendices

Include any relevant appendices.

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