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Purpose & Scope
Learning objectives
CM roles and responsibilities

Incomplete capability

  • No, or few role definitions exists

  • Unclear authority and responisibility for Configuration Managers

  • Understanding what constitutes a good role description

  • Being aware of how responsibilities related to CM can be distributed between different roles.

Performed capability

  • Most role definitions exist, but are incomplete, ambiguous or not relevant

  • Role descriptions include authority and responsibility to some extent

Managed capability

  • All necessary roles are clearly defined with authorities and responsibilities

  • Defined roles are understood and implemented in the organisation

The purpose is to have clearly defined authorities and responsibilities with regards to CM for all the roles in the organsiation, such as:

  • Configuration Manager

  • Product owner

  • Project Manager

  • System engineer

  • Sponsor

 

Typically a CM have the responsibility for assuring that a change request follows the defined change process and for establishing traceability, but no responsibility for approving a change or deciding what items should be configuration controlled.

Often times there is a need to differentiate between severeral types of configuration managers (HW CM, SW CM, project CM, Product CM, Requirements CM)

 

CMplus assets

  • Role descriptions for all necessary types of Configuration Managers

  • Responsibility and mandate regarding CM for all relevant roles in the organisation

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