OpenUP/openup/disciplines/configuration_and_change_management.xmi

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  <mainDescription>&lt;p>&#xD;
    The purpose of this discipline is to:&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;ul>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Maintain a consistent set of work products as they evolve&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Maintain consistent builds of the software&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Provide an efficient means to adapt to changes and issues, and re-plan work accordingly&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Provide data for measuring progress&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
&lt;/ul>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    In many organizations, the term &quot;configuration management&quot; implies all of these things.&#xD;
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&lt;p>&#xD;
    Within the context of this process, configuration management refers to the ability to maintain &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup/guidances/termdefinitions/version_F3A31B17.html&quot; guid=&quot;_eX8K8ElyEducWJcS4yanqg&quot;>version&lt;/a>s of artifacts and consistent &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup/guidances/termdefinitions/configuration_FE64B3D8.html&quot; guid=&quot;__Cw30ElxEducWJcS4yanqg&quot;>configuration&lt;/a>s of artifacts, addressing the first two objectives listed above.&#xD;
    Change Management refers to the process of managing changes to configuration-controlled artifacts, addressing the&#xD;
    latter two objectives listed above.&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    Although it is important to keep up-to-date versions and configurations of all work products, the primary work products&#xD;
    of concern are the &lt;a class=&quot;elementLinkWithType&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup/workproducts/implementation_917CA61E.html&quot; guid=&quot;_0YoQcMlgEdmt3adZL5Dmdw&quot;>Artifact: Implementation&lt;/a> and the &lt;a class=&quot;elementLinkWithType&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup/workproducts/build_95D7D8FD.html&quot; guid=&quot;_0YuXEMlgEdmt3adZL5Dmdw&quot;>Artifact: Build&lt;/a>.&#xD;
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&lt;p>&#xD;
    Changes are managed via the &lt;a class=&quot;elementLinkWithType&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup/tasks/request_change_A048C387.html&quot; guid=&quot;_0mwzEclgEdmt3adZL5Dmdw&quot;>Task: Request Change&lt;/a> and subsequent prioritization and disposition of change requests via the &lt;a class=&quot;elementLinkWithType&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup/workproducts/work_items_list_39D03CC8.html&quot; guid=&quot;_rGNWsCbSEdqh1LYUOGRh2A&quot;>Artifact: Work Items List&lt;/a>.&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    This discipline spans the entire lifecycle. Every other discipline relies upon the configuration and change management&#xD;
    discipline to maintain a consistent, up-to-date, set of work products -- and to prioritize and track changes to those work&#xD;
    products -- throughout the lifecycle.&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    Configuration and change management is performed by everyone on the development team. Because of the importance and&#xD;
    pervasiveness of this discipline, configuration and change management guidance is associated with tasks and work&#xD;
    products in all other disciplines.&#xD;
&lt;/p></mainDescription>
  <keyConsiderations>&lt;p>&#xD;
    It is assumed that the project has some form of configuration management system, such as CVS, to maintain version and&#xD;
    configuration information, and to enable collaborative system development. Without this, all but the most trivial of&#xD;
    development will be virtually impossible.&#xD;
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