The following decisions should be made regarding the Configuration &
Change Management discipline's workflow:
Decide how to perform the workflow by looking at the Configuration
& Change Management: Workflow. Study the diagram with its guard
conditions, and the guidelines below. Decide which workflow details
to perform and in which order.
Decide what parts of the Configuration & Change Management workflow
details to perform. For example, the Workflow
Detail: Manage Change Requests is performed only if you are going to
manage the change requests in a systematic way.
Decide when, during the project lifecycle, to introduce each part of the
workflow. More information can be found in Workflow: Configuration
& Change Management.
Document the decisions in the Development Case, under the headings Disciplines,
Configuration
& Change Management, Workflow.
Decide How to Use Artifacts
Decide which artifacts to use and how to use each of them. The table below
describes those artifacts you must have and those used in some cases. For more
detailed information on how to tailor each artifact, and a discussion of the
advantages and disadvantages of that specific artifact, read the section titled
"Tailoring" for each artifact.
For each artifact, decide how the artifact should be used: Must have, Should
have, Could have or Won't have.
Artifact
Purpose
Tailoring (Optional, Recommended)
Change
Request
Used
to track requested changes to project artifacts, including defects.
Recommended
for most projects.
Configuration
Management Plan
Describes
all Configuration and Change Control Management (CCM) activities to
be performed during the the product or project lifecycle.
Optional
Project
Repository
Stores
all versions of project files and directories.
Recommended.
A configuration management system to track versions of files and
builds is recommended for all projects.
Workspace
Provides
a private development area within which a team member can make changes
to artifacts without the changes becoming immediately visible to others.
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