Configuration Management : Theory, Practice, and Application

This book provides a sound understanding of the field of Configuration & Data Management (C&DM). It supplies a comprehensive approach to configuration management from a variety of product development and IT perspectives, including extending products for a variety of markets due to configuration options. It explains the interplay of configuration and data management with all enterprise resources during each of the phases of a product lifecycle. Dynamics of change, configuration and market adaptation, adaptive radiation, design reuse and common design lead the way. Configuration Management: Theory, Practice, and Application details a comprehensive approach to configuration management from a variety of product development perspectives, including embedded and IT. It provides authoritative advice on how to extend products for a variety of markets due to configuration options. The book also describes the importance of configuration management to other parts of the organization. It supplies an overview of configuration management and its process elements to provide readers with a contextual understanding of the theory, practice, and application of CM. Explaining what a configuration item is and what it implies, the book illustrates the interplay of configuration and data management with all enterprise resources during each phase of a product lifecycle. It also demonstrates the interrelationship of CM to functional resources. Shedding light on current practice, the book describes CM baselines, configuration identification, management baseline changes, and acceptance criteria for end products. It also considers testing, inspection and evaluation, related CM standards, and reference data. Coverage includes the product life cycle, the supporting enterprise infrastructure, functional resources, product management, CM elements, data types, and control requirements. Providing a systems perspective of the various elements of configuration and data management, the book explains how they relate to the enterprise and details proven risk management solutions for when things go wrong This book details an approach to configuration management from a variety of product development perspectives, including embedded and IT. It supplies an overview of configuration management and its process elements to provide readers with an understanding of the theory, practice, and application of CM. The interplay of configuration and data management with all enterprise resources during each phase of a product lifecycle is illustrated along with the interrelationship of CM to functional resources. Topics include: CM baselines; configuration identification; management baseline changes; acceptance criteria for end products; testing, inspection and evaluation, related CM standards and reference data; product life cycle; supporting enterprise infrastructure; functional resources; product management; CM elements, data types, control requirements; proven risk management solutions. -- Edited summary from book Front Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Authors; Chapter 1: Overview of the Product Life Cycle; Chapter 2: Overview of the Supporting Enterprise Infrastructure; Chapter 3: Functional Resources; Chapter 4: Configuration Management and Product Management; Chapter 5: A Configuration Item and What It Implies; Chapter 6: Data Definition, Data Types, and Control Requirements; Chapter 7: Configuration Management; Chapter 8: Configuration Management Support of Functional Resources; Chapter 9: Configuration Management Baselines; Chapter 10: Configuration Control Chapter 11: When Things Go Wrong!Chapter 12: Test, Inspection, and Evaluation Master Plan Organized; Appendix: Related Configuration Management Standards; Acronyms; Bibliography; Back Cover