configuration management
<job> A discipline applying technical and administrative controls to:
1. Identification and documentation of physical and functional characteristics
of configuration items.
2. Any changes to characteristics of those configuration items.
3. Recording and reporting of change processing and implementation of the
system.
See also code management, software life-cycle.
(1996-05-29)
Nearby terms:
confidence test « CONFIG.SYS « configuration item «
configuration management » configuration programming »
configure » conflation
