Description
Book SynopsisThe book provides 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. The book illustrates the interplay of configuration and data management with all enterprise resources during each phase of a product lifecycle.
Table of Contents1. Overview of the Product Life Cycle.
2. Overview of the Supporting Enterprise Infrastructure.
3. Configuration Management and Product Management.
4. A Configuration Item and What It Implies.
5. Data Definition, Data Types, and Control Requirements.
6. Configuration Management.
7. Configuration Management Support of Functional Resources.
8. Functional Interfaces.
9. Configuration Management Baselines.
10. Configuration Control.
11. When Things Go Wrong.
12. Test, Inspection, and Evaluation Master Plan Organized.
13. Assessing and Mitigating Risk.
