configuration management

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

configuration management

   <job> A discipline applying technical and administrative
   controls to:

   1. Identification and documentation of physical and functional
   characteristics of {configuration items}.

   2. Any changes to characteristics of those configuration
   items.

   3. Recording and reporting of change processing and
   implementation of the system.

   See also {code management}, {software life-cycle}.

   (1996-05-29)