Appendix D

Examples and Additional Configuration Management (CM) Information

A number of examples are available on the World Wide Web. These examples range from the very general to those with considerable detail.

• A template for documentation can be found at http://www.rcglobal.com/wrcglsept27rgsamp.htm
• The process used by the U.S. Department of Defense is described in MIL-HDBK-61A, http://www.acq.osd.mil/io/se/Old%20Files/cm&dm/pdf_files/MIL-HDBK-61A.pdf
• For software projects, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie-Mellon University provides a high-level process that could be adopted for project CM. Refer to http://www.sei.cmu.edu/cmmi/background/ccb-process-flow.pdf
• Processes used by the State of California are available at http://www.bestpractices.cahwnet.gov/downloads/BP%20Website%20Topic%20-%20change%20control%203242_2.PDF A fresh new look at configuration management and its evolution is found at http://www.icmhq.com as an example in Figure E-1.
• The Prince system is found at http://www.ogc.gov.uk/prince