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Configuration
Management Plan
Configuration
Management Plan is a very important document. This will be the
articulation of the overall configuration strategy for the
organization. The plan itself needs to have several sections as a
minimum which are outline below. Please be aware that this overview
is focused on the continuing process not just the initial
project.
Configuration
Management Plan - SCOPE
The scope shall
identify the specific program or project as well as the ongoing
process, state the purpose and provide an introduction to the
document. The CMP shall provide its relationship to other project or
process plans.
Configuration
Management Plan - REFERENCES
This section shall
identify all the applicable and referenced documents which are
required for the specific program or project and ongoing process,
for example; DOD, MIL, IEEE, Standards. Also, the order of
precedence and availability of the documents shall be stated.
Identify any contractual and non-contractual provisions.
Configuration
Management Plan - ORGANIZATION
Organizational
responsibilities and authority for Configuration Management:
Configuration
management is required by the supervisory committee to provide
technical and administrative direction and surveillance of the
project/process at different conceptual levels.
Configuration
Management Plan - CONFIGURATION IDENTIFICATION
Configuration
identification consists of setting and maintaining baselines which
define the system or subsystem and their developing Hardware
Configuration Items and Software Configuration Items at any point in
time as well as documentation, tables etc.
Configuration
Management Plan - CONFIGURATION CONTROL
Configuration control
includes the evaluation of all Change Requests, and Change Proposals
and their subsequent approval and disapproval.
Configuration
Management Plan - CONFIGURATION VERIFICATION AND
AUDITS
Configuration audits
in accordance with the relevant shall be planned. Configuration
audits shall check that System, subsystems, configuration
documentation complies with their physical and functional
characteristics prior to being accepted into a product or production
baseline. Use of the Service Desk for verification is
essential.
Remember that this is
an overview, not a template!
THE ASSET MANAGEMENT TOOLKIT
Each
item included is of the highest quality, tailor made to cover a
different aspect and issue. It includes presentations,
questionnaires, guidelines, fact sheets.... and whole gamut of
material specifically put together to both introduce and take you
through Asset Management.
It comprises the
following components (click
here)
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