Configuration management

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In telecommunication, the term configuration management has the following meanings:

1. [The] management of security features and assurances through control of changes made to hardware, 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.

Table of contents

1 Products for configuration management 2 Sites for configuration management 3 See also

Products for configuration management

• Code Co-op, affordable Peer-to-peer VCS for distributed development (.scc compliant)
• CVS, a descendant of RCS (.scc compliant?)
• PVCS, a competitor of SCCS (.scc compliant)
• Rational ClearCase, a proprietary program (.scc compliant)
• RCS, a descendant of SCCS, diffs based on most recent version (.scc compliant)
• Visual SourceSafe (.scc compliant)
• Subversion
• SCCS the original UNIX .scc program, based on diffs

Sites for configuration management

• CMBoK, The Configuration Management Body of Knowledge www.cmbok.com
• CM Crossroads, an online community for Configuration Management

See also

• Revision control
• Change management
• SCM
• Programming tool
• Software engineering
• List of software engineering topics

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