Configuration management is a process that ensures a product's performance and attributes align with its requirements throughout its lifecycle, focusing on managing changes in software and hardware configurations. Key activities include identifying configuration items, change control, status accounting, and conducting audits to maintain project integrity. The change control process involves a team making decisions on configuration management based on client requests and impact assessments.

1. What is Configuration Management ?
The Configuration Management is a process to establishing and maintaining a product’s
performance, functional and physical attributes with its requirements, design and functionalities
through its life.
In Configuration Management we making sure that these items are managed carefully in entire
project & product life cycle. It allows Software Tester to manage their testware and test outputs
using same configuration management mechanisms.
Configuration Management is a change control process. It is helps in managing & controlling the
versions of software and hardware configurations. It is used primarily when software
requirements change.
Goal of Configuration Management
 Establish system and project product integrity.
 Maintain this integrity throughout the lifecycle.
Activities in Configuration Management
 Configuration item identification
 Change Control
 Status Accounting
 Audits

2. Configuration Items
It is a decision on identification and control of configuration items. An element of Configuration
Management, consisting of the evaluation , co-ordination, approval or disapproval and
implementation of changes to Configuration items after formal establishment of their
Configuration identification.
 Software requirements
 Design
 Code
 Test Cases
 Test Scripts
 Test Plan
 Project Plan
Change Control
Change Control is Board including numbers of people which takes important decisions regarding
the Configuration Management of Projects.
 Project Manager
 User representative
 Funding Manager
 Contractor’s Project Manager
 Configuration Manager
 Quality Manager
 System Engineer
Change Control Process
 Change request submitted by client.
 Impact Assessment performed by BA
 Recommendation prepared by BA
 Report submitted to CCB

3.  CCB deliberates and decides
 Approved changes are entered in the configuration management documentation
 Traceability matrices are updated
Project Traceability Matrix
Requirements Specifications Code Version Test Case No
1.1 1.1, 2.6 2.0, 2.4, 5.2.1 1.0
1.2 1.2 7.5 3.0
2.1 3.84 17.1, 12.4, 1.2.3 8.0
2.2 4.7 12.1 2.0
2.3 3.4 6.5 8.0
Status Accounting
Status Accounting is a part of Configuration Management which consisting recording &
reporting of information needed to manage a Configuration effectively.

4. Audits
Configuration Audits are dividing into functional and physical configuration audits. Audits
occur either at delivery or at the moment of effecting the change. A functional configuration
audit ensures that functional and performance attributes of a configuration item are achieved.