You work as a project manager for a company. The company has started a new security software
project. The software configuration management will be used throughout the lifecycle of the
project. You are tasked to modify the functional features and the basic logic of the software and
then make them compatible to the initial design of the project. Which of the following procedures of
the configuration management will you follow to accomplish the task?
A.
Configuration status accounting
B.
Configuration control
C.
Configuration audits
D.
Configuration identification
Explanation:
Configuration control is a procedure of the Configuration management.
Configuration control is a set of processes and approval stages required to change a configuration
item’s attributes and to re-baseline them. It supports the change of the functional and physical
attributes of software at various points in time, and performs systematic control of changes to the
identification for a configured item is accurate, complete, and will meet specified program needs.
Configuration audits are broken into functional and physical configuration audits. They 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, while a physical
configuration audit ensures that a configuration item is installed in accordance with the
identification is the process of identifying the attributes that define every aspect of a configuration
item. A configuration item is a product (hardware and/or software) that has an end-user purpose.
These attributes are recorded in configuration documentation and baselined. Baselining an
attribute forces formal configuration change control processes to be effected in the event that
procedure is the ability to record and report on the configuration baselines associated with each
configuration item at any moment of time. It supports the functional and physical attributes of
software at various points in time, and performs systematic control of accounting to the identified
attributes for the purpose of maintaining software integrity and traceability throughout the software
development life cycle.