Configuration Management
Configuration Management? – It’s just Version Control!
If you need clarification about the term Configuration Management in your PRINCE2 Foundation or Practitioner exams – then help is at hand!
Okay, let’s review the main points:
The Five core activities of Configuration Management and version control are:
Planning.
The level of CM control required by the project and how that will be achieved. It includes aspects such as a document management system and access control
Identification.
Specifying and identifying all project’s products and establishing a coding system to identify each product and any variants uniquely
Control.
The ability to record, monitor and report product status progress
A system to file and retain authorized master copies
A system to distribute and record holders of copies
Providing a safe and secure environment for aspects such as access control and backups
A system to establish authorized baselines and a change control system
Status Accounting.
Reporting all current and historical data for each product via a Product Status Account. Used at the end of the project and each stage and when examining issues and risks
Verification and Audit.
Reviews and audits to compare the actual status of products against their state as recorded in the configuration records
This also checks that CM is being carried out as per the Change Management Approach
The Change Management approach.
Forms part of the Project Initiation Documentation and describes:
How and where are products stored?
What storage and retrieval security?
Identification used for products and their versions?
How will change control be used for the products?
Who is responsible for Configuration Management?
Configuration Item Records. Used to provide a record of:
Product History
The product status
The product version
Any variants?
Relationship with other products
Product Status Account.
Provides information about the state of products within defined limits
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