Process used to apply technical and administrative direction to document the functional and physical characteristics of an item or system, control any changes to the characteristics, record and report the changes and their implementation status, and audit the item or system to verify conformance to requirements. Approach used to control changes to these characteristics and provide information on the status of engineering or contract changes actions. Comprises three major areas of effort: configuration identification, configuration status accounting, and configuration control.
Process used to apply technical and administrative direction to document the functional and physical characteristics of an item or system, control any changes to the characteristics, record and report the changes and their implementation status, and audit the item or system to verify conformance to requirements. Approach used to control changes to these characteristics and provide information on the status of engineering or contract changes actions. Comprises three major areas of effort: configuration identification, configuration status accounting, and configuration control.
