What is configuration management, Configuration Management Systems,Configuration Management plan?

Submitted by pmhelpme on Thu, 05/12/2011 - 18:55

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I am trying to find out the difference between


What is configuration management, Configuration Management Systems,Configuration Management plan, can someone help me out please?

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Fri, 05/13/2011 - 04:23

Config Mgmt ( CM ) is version control and change control . When the project is being executed, one should be able to keep track of all changes and also know how the changes were made along the way which can be tracked through versioning.

Now if you are in software industry its very easy to understand all this.

Your CM plan will basically outline what all things will be under CM, how it will be versioned and how will the changes be reported. Who will be responsible, and who will do the reporting etc.

Your CM system is basically configured as per your CM plan to help you in configuration management throughout the project lifecycle. Common CM systems are CVS, Visual source safe, Clearcase etc.