Configuration Management
A discipline applying technical and administrative controls to:
Identification and documentation of physical and functional characteristics of configuration
items.
Any changes to characteristics of those configuration items.
Recording and reporting of change processing and implementation of the system. [foldoc]
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The process of identifying, defining, recording and reporting the configuration items in a
system and the change requests. Controlling the releases and change of the items throughout
the life-cycle. [sting]