Control. SCM defines control as
providing the administrative
mechanism for precipitating, preparing,
evaluating, and approving/disapproving
all change proposals throughout
the system life cycle... ."I This
function is accomplished by two
means: documentation and an organizational
body with authority to approve
or disapprove any change. The
SCM lexicon for these activities are an
engineering change proposal (ECP) for
documentation and a configuration
control board (CCB) for ECP approval or disapproval.