Configuration Management
• The process of assuring that only authorized changes
are made to the system
• Baseline modules
– Software modules that have been tested,
documented, and approved to be included in the
most recently created version of a system
• System librarian
– A person responsible for controlling the checking out
and checking in of baseline modules when a system
is being developed or maintained
• Build routines
– Guidelines that list the instructions to construct an
executable system from the baseline source code