Configuration Management Plan Template (MS Word)

Use this 24 page MS Word Configuration Management Plan to:

• Define Configuration Tasks, Configuration Items and Configuration Management Repositories
• Resolve open problems and system Change Requests
• Describe the Configuration Management organization structure, personnel, facilities needed, and equipment and tools used
• Establish the method for defining control items, the method for configuration control, and the list of control items
• Describe how documents are named and identified for components, revisions, releases, etc
• Describe the process for submission and retrieval of controlled items within the project

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose

1.2 Background

1.3 Scope

1.4 Benefits

1.5 Applicable Documents

2 Organization

2.1.1 Configuration Management Office

2.1.2 Configuration Control Board

2.2 Roles and Responsibilities

2.2.1 Responsibilities of the Configuration Control Board

2.2.2 Responsibilities of the Configuration Control Board Chair

2.2.3 Responsibilities of the Configuration Management Office

2.2.4 Responsibilities of the System Engineer

2.3 Policies, Directives and Procedures

2.4 Tools

3 Configuration Tasks

3.1 Configuration Identification

3.2 Configuration Items

3.3 Configuration Item Identifier

3.4 Baseline Management

3.4.1 Functional Baseline

3.4.2 Design Baseline

3.4.3 Development Baseline

3.4.4 Product Baseline

3.5 Configuration Management Repositories

3.6 Vendor Control

4 Configuration Control

4.1 Change Classifications

4.2 Identification of Proposed Changes

4.3 Documentation of Proposed Changes

4.4 Evaluation of Proposed Changes

4.4.1 Processing Urgent Changes

4.5.1 Requirement Baseline Changes

4.5.2 Production Baseline Changes

4.5.3 Process Baseline Changes

4.6 Problem Resolution Tracking

4.7 System Change Requests

4.8 Configuration Management Libraries

4.9 Release Management

4.10 Version Control

 

5 Configuration Status Accounting

5.1 Status Account Data

5.2 Audit Trail

5.3 Status Summary Reports

6 Configuration Audits and Reviews

6.1 Configuration Management Process Audits

6.2 Configuration Management Baseline Audit

6.3 Operational Readiness Reviews

6.4 Functional Configuration Audits

6.5 Physical Configuration Audits

6.6 Peer Reviews

7 Configuration Plan Maintenance

8 Training

9 Appendix

Product Specifications

All templates are in Microsoft Word format and can be downloaded online for only $9.99.

The template pack includes the following documents:

• 2 x Configuration Management Plan templates 24 pages each
• 1 x Configuration Audit Report 1 Form
• 1 x Configuration Item Record 1 Form
• 1 x Configuration Management Maintenance Form