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Configuration management

Configuration management (CM) is a management process for establishing and maintaining consistency of a product's performance, functional, and physical attributes with its requirements, design, and operational information throughout its life. The CM process is widely used by military engineering organizations to manage changes throughout the system…

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Configuration management

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related to Standards · 40
Configuration management → ACMP, ANSI/EIA-649-1998 National Consensus Standard, CMMI, Configuration, Configuration Management Contractual RequirementsCMMI, Configuration Management Data Exchange, Configuration ManagementCMII-100E CMII Standard, Configuration ManagementEIA-649-A, Configuration ManagementISO, Configuration ManagementNATO ACMP, Configuration ManagementSAE EIA-649-C, Development, ECSS-M-ST-40C Rev, Enterprise Configuration ManagementExtended List, Global Consensus Configuration Management, Guidance, Guidelines, IEEE Standard, IEEESTD, InteroperabilityIEEE
related to history · 30
Configuration management → ANSI, Application Lifecycle Management, Capability Maturity Model Integration, CM, CMMI, COBIT, Configuration, Defense, DoD, EIA, HDBK, ILS, In, Integrated Logistics Support, ISO, ITIL, Many, MIL, MIL-STD-480, MIL-STD-481
related to Guidelines · 29
Configuration management → ACMP-2009, Acquisition Guidebook, April, Chapter, CM, Configuration Management Data Exchange, Configuration ManagementConfiguration Management Plan, Configuration ManagementEIA-836 Consensus Standard, Configuration ManagementGEIA-HB-649, Defense Acquisition, EIA-632-1998 Processes, Engineering, Engineering Fundamentals, Guidance, Guidelines, IEEE, Implementation Guide, InteroperabilityMIL-HDBK-61B Configuration Management Guidance, June, Lifecycle
related to Construction · 15
Configuration management → CCSNet, Construction, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transportation Administration, FTA, LACMTA, Los Angeles County Metropolitan, More, One, Red Line, RFIs, There, These, This, Transit Agency
related to Configuration management database · 8
Configuration management → CIs, CMDB, CMDBs, CMS, CMS/CMDB, Configuration Items, ITIL, The
related to Operating system configuration management · 8
Configuration management → CFEngine, Code, Configuration, Infrastructure, Many, Mark Burgess, OS, The Promise
related to Information assurance · 5
Configuration management → CM, For, Internet, IT, SCM
related to Software · 5
Configuration management → It, SCM, The, The SCM, They
related to Maintenance systems · 3
Configuration management → Configuration, In, Specifically
see also · 2
Configuration management → Change, Configuration AutomationComparison

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configuration cm system management process software changes systems life change attributes information control documentation functional requirements used support physical complex

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roadsinstance ofand with other domain models in the civil engineering and other industrial engineering segments0.80text
bridgesinstance ofand with other domain models in the civil engineering and other industrial engineering segments0.80text
canalsinstance ofand with other domain models in the civil engineering and other industrial engineering segments0.80text
damsinstance ofand with other domain models in the civil engineering and other industrial engineering segments0.80text
and buildingsinstance ofand with other domain models in the civil engineering and other industrial engineering segments0.80text
to revise capabilityinstance ofThe CM process facilitates orderly management of system information and system changes for purposes0.80text
failure of equipment or loss of life.CM emphasizes the functional relation between partsinstance ofcan be very expensive and sometimes can have such catastrophic consequences0.80text
subsystemsinstance ofcan be very expensive and sometimes can have such catastrophic consequences0.80text
and systems for effectively controlling system changeinstance ofcan be very expensive and sometimes can have such catastrophic consequences0.80text
aircraftinstance ofand overhaul and enterprise asset management systems.Complex assets0.80text
shipsinstance ofand overhaul and enterprise asset management systems.Complex assets0.80text
industrial machinery etc. depend on many different components being serviceableinstance ofand overhaul and enterprise asset management systems.Complex assets0.80text

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