Published: February 7, 2001 Department Of Defense Handbook Configuration Management Guidance
Configuration Management (CM) is a technical discipline that ensures requirements, development, and operational information remains consistent throughout the program life cycle. This handbook provides guidance to personnel assigned the responsibility of executing hardware and software configuration management processes in the design, procurement, installation, operation, maintenance, and modification of acquired products. As such, it outlines and discusses the principles of CM: configuration management planning, configuration identification, configuration change control, configuration audits, and configuration status accounting. In addition, this handbook addresses application of these principles in areas such as data management, hardware versus software configuration items, and digital versus non-digital artifacts.
This handbook provides guidance to DoD managers assigned the responsibility for configuration management on how to ensure the application of product and data configuration management to defense materiel items, in each phase of their life cycle. Acquisition practices, including the manner in which CM is specified in a contract, and the process of monitoring contractor application are evolving as the result of two interacting transitions.
This handbook is for guidance only. Do not cite this document as a contract requirement.
Major changes to this document include the removal of duplicative information now contained in GEIA-HB-649A, except where clarity is required. Supersedes MIL-HDBK-61A(SE)
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