In information technology and telecommunications, the term configuration management or configuration control has the following meanings: Information and communication technology spending in 2005 Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... Telecommunication involves the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. ...

1. The management of features and assurances through control of changes made to hardware is hot so is, software, firmware, documentation, test, test fixtures and test documentation of an automated information system, throughout the development and operational life of a system. Source Code Management or revision control is part of this.
2. The control of changes, including the recording thereof, that are made to the hardware, software, firmware, and documentation throughout the system lifecycle.
3. The control and adaptation of the evolution of complex systems. It is the discipline of keeping evolving software products under control, and thus contributes to satisfying quality and delay constraints. Software configuration management (or SCM) can be divided into two areas. The first (and older) area of SCM concerns the storage of the entities produced during the software development project, sometimes referred to as component repository management. The second area concerns the activities performed for the production and/or change of these entities; the term engineering support is also often used to refer to this second area.
4. After establishing a configuration, such as that of a telecommunications or computer system, the evaluating and approving changes to the configuration and to the interrelationships among system components.
5. In distributed-queue dual-bus (DQDB) networks, the functions that ensure the resources of all nodes of a DQDB network are configured into a correct dual-bus topology. The functions that are managed include the head of bus, external timing source, and default slot generator functions.

Note that there are different types of CM, including Software CM (SCM), Hardware CM (HCM), as well as Operational CM, as defined in the Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). While SCM focuses on managing source code during development, Operational CM focuses on managing the configuration items (such as Software, Hardware, documentation, and service definitions) within an IT infrastructure. For other uses, see Hardware (disambiguation). ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... A microcontroller, like this PIC18F8720 is controlled by firmware stored inside on FLASH memory In computing, firmware is a computer program that is embedded in a hardware device, for example a microcontroller. ... For the similarly-named Surrealist journal, see Documents (journal). ... In telecommunication, the term automated information system (AIS) has the following meanings: 1. ... Revision control (also known as version control (system) (VCS), source control or (source) code management (SCM)) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. ... In systems engineering, the system lifecycle is an examination of a system or proposed system that addresses all phases of its existence to include system design and development, production and/or construction, distribution, operation, maintenance and support, retirement, phase-out and disposal. ... Software Configuration Management (SCM) is part of configuration management (CM). ... Component repository management is a field of configuration management that seeks to ensure the safe storage of different components of a software product and all its versions. ... Configuration management is for most of time dealing with the system that is large, complexed, has a long life duration (more than 10 years) and involve more people. ... In communications or computer systems, a configuration is an arrangement of functional units according to their nature, number, and chief characteristics. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Change management is the process of developing a planned approach to change in an organization. ... In telecommunication, a distributed-queue dual-bus network (DQDB) is a distributed multi-access network that (a) supports integrated communications using a dual bus and distributed queuing, (b) provides access to local or metropolitan area networks, and (c) supports connectionless data transfer, connection-oriented data transfer, and isochronous communications, such... A computer network is an interconnection of a group of computers. ... Default is the name of a number of quite different concepts. ... The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a framework of best practice approaches intended to facilitate the delivery of high quality information technology (IT) services. ...

Standards

• IEEE Std. 828-1998 IEEE Standard for Software Configuration Management Plans
• ANSI/EIA-649-1998 National Consensus Standard for Configuration Management
• MIL-STD-973 Military Standard for Configuration Management^[1] (cancelled, but still good reference)
• GEIA Standard 836-2002 Configuration Management Data Exchange and Interoperability

Guidelines

• IEEE Std. 1042-1987 IEEE Guide to Software Configuration Management
• MIL-HDBK-61A 7 February 2001 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT GUIDANCE
• ISO 10007 Quality management - Guidelines for configuration management

+ GEIA-HB-649 - Implementation Guide for Configuration Management

See also

• Network Management
• Business Technology Optimization
• Revision control
• Change management
• Change detection
• Dependency (project management)
• Software configuration management
• Comparison of open source configuration management software
• Programming tool
• Software engineering
• List of software engineering topics
• Netconf
• Information Technology Infrastructure Library
• Capability Maturity Model

Network management refers to the maintenance and administration of large-scale computer networks and telecommunications networks at the top level. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Revision control (also known as version control (system) (VCS), source control or (source) code management (SCM)) is the management of multiple revisions of the same unit of information. ... Change management is a structured approach to change in individuals, teams, organizations and societies that enables the transition from a current state to a desired future state. ... Change detection is a common way of determining when a discrete change occurs in a given sequence of data points. ... In a project network, a dependency is a link amongst a projects terminal elements. ... Software Configuration Management (SCM) is part of configuration management (CM). ... This is a comparison of free (libre) and open source configuration management software. ... A programming tool is a program or application that software developers use to create, debug, or maintain other programs and applications. ... Software engineering (SE) is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software. ... This list complements the software engineering article, giving more details and examples. ... Netconf is a network management protocol currently being developed in the IETF by the Netconf working group. ... The Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) is a framework of best practice approaches intended to facilitate the delivery of high quality information technology (IT) services. ... The Capability Maturity Model (CMM), also known as the Software CMM (SW-CMM), was first described by Watts Humphrey in his book Managing the Software Process [1]. The CMM is a process model based on software best-practices effective in large-scale, multi-person projects. ...

References

• Federal Standard 1037C and from the National Information Systems Security Glossary

1. ^ Military Standard for Configuration Management