Configuration Management Plan Template

Configuration management plan template and guides are fairly popular on the internet  so what should you get? This article is not a template in itself but a guide to the sorts of things that should be included, particularly if you purchase these over the net.

Configuration Management Plan Template – Minimum list

The following is list introduced not as a template but perhaps a checklist of the things that need to be considered. All paragraph numbering etc has been removed to have you think about this a little! Here it is:

• Introduction
• Scope
• Objectives
• References
• Sources
• Definitions & acronyms
• Responsibilities
• Standard / procedure description
• Software configuration management issues
• Context of software configuration management
• Software entities managed
• Which entities to manage?
• Software configuration management process
• Source code
• Levels of control
• Software libraries
• Configuration control board
• Software configuration management tools
• Basic tool set
• Advanced tool set
• On-line tool set
• Integrated tool set
• Software configuration management plan
  • Table of contents
  • Introduction
  • Purpose
  • Scope
  • Definitions, acronyms and abbreviations
  • References
  • Management
  • Organisation
  • Software configuration management responsibilities
  • Interface control
  • Software configuration management plan implementation
  • Applicable policies, directives and procedures
  • Software configuration management activities
  • Configuration identification
  • Configuration control
  • Configuration status accounting
  • Audits and reviews
  • Tools, techniques and methodologies
  • Configuration control tools
  • Supplier control
  • Vendor provided software
  • Subcontracted software
  • Vendor and subcontractor software
  • Records collection and retention