Work Product (Artifact): Configuration Management Plan

This artifact describes all Configuration and Change Control Management (CCM) activities you will perform during the course of the product or project lifecycle. It details the schedule of activities, the assigned responsibilities, and the required resources, including staff, tools, and computer facilities.

Purpose

To define, or reference, the steps and activities that describe how Configuration and Change Control Management is performed in the development of a software product.

Relationships

Roles	Responsible: Configuration Manager	Modified By: Change Control Manager Configuration Manager
Input To	Mandatory: None	Optional: Establish Change Control Process Establish Configuration Management (CM) Policies	External: None
Output From	Establish Change Control Process Establish Configuration Management (CM) Policies Write Configuration Management (CM) Plan

Main Description

The Configuration Management Plan details the schedule of activities, the assigned responsibilities, and the required resources, including staff, tools, and computer facilities.

Properties

Optional
Planned

Illustrations

Templates	Configuration Management Plan
Examples	CREG Configuration Management Plan - Elaboration Phase WC Configuration Management Plan

Tailoring

Representation Options

The Configuration Management Plan contains information that may be covered to a greater or lesser extent by other plans. The following approaches can be used to handle this potential overlap:

Reference the content in another plan.
Provide the overview in another plan and provide greater detail in this plan. References from these other plans to the Configuration Management Plan may be useful. This often works well on large projects with a separate organization responsible for configuration management.
Tailor the document sections to cover only those areas that are not covered elsewhere.

The following is a mapping of Configuration Management Plan sections to work products that may contain complementary information:

Configuration Management Plan Section	Complementary Work product
Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations	Glossary
Organization, Responsibilities, and Interfaces	Software Development Plan
Tools, Environment, and Infrastructure	Development Case, Software Development Plan (Infrastructure Plan)
Reports and Audits	Development Case, Measurement Plan, Quality Assurance Plan
Milestones	Software Development Plan, Iteration Plan
Training and Resources	Software Development Plan

In addition, configuration management of requirements may be covered in full or in part by the Requirements Management Plan.