Activity: Write Configuration
Management (CM) Plan
Purpose
- To describe all CM related activities to be performed during the
course of the product/project lifecycle.
- To document how product related CM activities are to be planned,
implemented controlled and organized.
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| Role:
Configuration Manager
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| Frequency:
The CM Plan needs to be written by the beginning of the Elaboration Phase
following project approval, and then re-visited through the project
lifecycle at the beginning of the Construction and Transition Phases. |
| Steps
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| Input Artifacts:
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Resulting Artifacts:
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| Purpose |
The CM Plan describes all CM related activities to be performed
during the course of the product/project lifecycle. It details the schedule
of activities, the assigned responsibilities, and the required resources
(including staff, tools and computer facilities). |
The CM Plan is a composite document which contains all the information necessary
to effectively carry out configuration management activities for the project.
The Artifact: Configuration Management Plan
describes the necessary input for effective CM planning. The template is intended
to serve as a guideline. The intent of each section should be addressed within
the context of a given project/product. It should not be an onerous task to
produce the plan, nor is it intended that the plan impose undue ceremony and
bureaucracy on the project staff.
However, the plan is an important document that is used to ensure that
organizational assets are appropriately safeguarded.
| Purpose |
To ensure that plan is understood and adopted by the major stakeholders. |
The CM Plan is developed once the Project Vision and Business Case have been
approved. It is written in parallel with other project planning documents by the
Project Manager, and is reviewed by all affected groups.
Although the CM Plan is approved by the Project Manager, it needs to be
reviewed by all affected parties. As such, it should be reviewed by the
Configuration Manager, key developers and integrators.
| Purpose |
To ensure that the plan is current and relevant. |
The Project CM Plan should be re-visited at the beginning of each phase
(construction and transition) to ensure that the overall CM strategy is still
relevant to how the project is being developed.
The Project CM Plan itself needs to be placed under configuration control,
and should be checked into the 'plans' sub-directory of the overall 'Product
Structure'.
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