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Configuration
Management Documents
Configuration
Management Documents (like so many other things) can be found in
abundance right across the net. It then needs the question asked,
“How do I know it is a quality document?” That is not an easy
question to answer. There are so many varying factors. Such as the
experience of the individual or group that wrote the document, what
the focus of the actual document is and who the target audience are
to name a few.
Configuration
Management Documents – History
One of the things that
I found particularly interesting is the history of where it came
from in the first place. So instead of listing the types lets have a
look at where it came from. Here is a brief
outline:
Configuration
management, as a systems engineering discipline, began in the 1950s,
when the U.S. began developing
tactical and strategic ballistic missiles.
U.S. manufacturers found
that they had difficulty in mass-producing missiles from their
successful prototypes because they’d failed to record the contents
of the successful configuration in an organized manner. ANA (Army, Navy, and Air
Force) Bulletin 390 was the first configuration management
guide.
It formalized the
process of making changes to a system under development so that the
builders maintained an appropriate configuration record. Then, once the DOD accepted
a prototype for production use, the manufacturer could mass-produce
the weapon. Over time,
configuration management has become an accepted practice in the
manufacturing and software development
industries.
Interesting
birth!
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